crystalhe/wiktionary-zh-en-ja-ko huggingface dataset:
signature (English, noun)
Forms: form: signature
raw_tags: Singular
form: signatures
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪɡnətʃə/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈsɪɡnətʃɚ/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: When a person writes their own name with a pen, they are writing their signature.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The cheque has to have my signature on it, or the bank won't give you money for it.
signature (English, adj)
Forms: form: signature
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪɡnətʃə/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈsɪɡnətʃɚ/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A signature item of a place is something that is unique and indicates the identity of it.
examples: My signature dish is herb-crusted lamb.
Gordon Ramsay's signature dish is the Beef Wellington.
Easter (English, name)
Forms: form: Easter
raw_tags: Proper noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈis.tɚ/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Easter is a Christian celebration, usually in April, of the day when Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth came back from the dead.
examples: Our church will start Easter Sunday with a sunrise service at 6 a.m.
My sisters and I would wake up early on Easter morning to look for Easter eggs.
He's upset by those who go to church only on Christmas and Easter.
efficient (English, adj)
Forms: form: efficient
tags: positive
form: more efficient
tags: comparative
form: most efficient
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfɪʃənt/
tags: UK
ipa: /əˈfɪʃənt/
tags: Canada
US
tags: US
glosses: If something is efficient, it can do a lot but uses very little time, energy, money, etc.
examples: He wastes a lot of time talking, and isn't very efficient at work.
Smaller cars are generally more fuel-efficient than big cars.
antonyms: inefficient
yawn (English, verb)
Forms: form: yawn
tags: canonical
form: yawns
tags: third-person
singular
form: yawned
tags: past
form: yawned
tags: past
participle
form: yawning
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /jɔːn/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /jɔn/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: When someone yawns, they open their mouth wide and sometimes stretch their arms.
examples: I can see that you're tired, because you keep yawning.
yawn (English, noun)
Forms: form: yawn
raw_tags: Singular
form: yawns
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /jɔːn/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /jɔn/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A yawn is the action of yawning.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He did three big yawns, then stood up to go upstairs to bed.
zoology (English, noun)
Forms: form: zoology
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /zəʊˈɒlədʒi/
tags: UK
glosses: Zoology is the science of learning about animals.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: He likes animals, so he wants to study zoology in university.
wasted (English, adj)
Forms: form: wasted
tags: positive
form: more wasted
tags: comparative
form: most wasted
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪstɪd/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: We say that something is wasted if it was not used, but should have been used, and now it can't be used.
examples: We forgot to put the food in the refrigerator to keep it cold, so it was all wasted.
glosses: Someone is wasted if they are very thin, as if they didn't eat enough.
examples: She doesn't look healthy. She looks wasted.
wasted (English, verb)
Forms: form: waste
tags: canonical
form: wastes
tags: third-person
singular
form: wasted
tags: past
form: wasted
tags: past
participle
form: wasting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪstɪd/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The past tense and past participle of waste.
refrigerator (English, noun)
Forms: form: refrigerator
raw_tags: Singular
form: refrigerators
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈfrɪd͡ʒəˌreɪtə/
tags: UK
ipa: /rɪˈfrɪd͡ʒəˌreɪɾɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A refrigerator is a machine which keeps food cold.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Put the milk in the refrigerator so it will stay fresh.
writer (English, noun)
Forms: form: writer
raw_tags: Singular
form: writers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /raɪtə/
tags: UK
ipa: /raɪtɚ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
homophones: righter
glosses: A writer is a person who writes books or other things that people read.
raw_tags: countable
examples: She works as a writer for a magazine.
magazine (English, noun)
Forms: form: magazine
raw_tags: Singular
form: magazines
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæɡ.əˈziːn/
tags: US
glosses: A magazine is a publication that is printed regularly (usually weekly or monthly), and is often about a topic like a hobby, sports or news.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I get the magazine Cosmopolitan every month. I really like the articles it has on fashion and love.
This magazine has a lot of advertisements.
glosses: A magazine is a small building that an army keeps weapons in.
raw_tags: countable
examples: We don't sleep too close to the magazine because it has things in it that can explode.
glosses: A magazine is removable container that feeds ammunition into a gun.
raw_tags: countable
worker (English, noun)
Forms: form: worker
raw_tags: Singular
form: workers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɝkɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
ipa: /ˈwɜːkə/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A worker is a person who works, usually for money.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The workers are putting a new roof on the house.
workhouse (English, noun)
Forms: form: workhouse
raw_tags: Singular
form: workhouses
tags: plural
glosses: A place for poor people to live, but they have to work.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A jail where the prisoners have to work.
raw_tags: countable
woodwork (English, noun)
Forms: form: woodwork
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
glosses: Woodwork is things made by people out of wood.
examples: Don't throw water at the wall: it will hurt the woodwork.
windpipe (English, noun)
Forms: form: windpipe
raw_tags: Singular
form: windpipes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪndpaɪp/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: The part of a person's throat that air goes through when they breathe.
examples: I can feel the cold air deep in my windpipe.
glosses: Any tube that air goes through.
examples: There are windpipes to bring the warm air from the furnace to the whole house.
defence (English, noun)
Forms: form: defence
raw_tags: Singular
form: defences
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛˈfɛns/
tags: UK
ipa: /diˈfɛns/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈdifɛns/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Defence is the process of protecting.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The secretary of defence met with the president at the White House.
Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defence in Tehran.
Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defence next week.
Police officers can only shoot in self defence or to protect another person's life.
When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defence.
glosses: In a court case, the defence is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer.
raw_tags: uncountable
law
examples: His defence lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun.
glosses: The defence is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
sports
examples: I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defence played great.
governor (English, noun)
Forms: form: governor
raw_tags: Singular
form: governors
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /gʌvənɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A governor is a person who leads a place like a state or territory.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The king appointed a new governor for the province.
The governor agreed to set the prisoner free.
The election for state governor was a close one.
Rhododendron (English, noun)
Forms: form: Rhododendron
raw_tags: Singular
form: Rhododendrons
tags: plural
glosses: Rhododendron is a large genus of flowering plants. Most of them display their flowers quite aptly.
Morina (English, noun)
Forms: form: Morina
raw_tags: Singular
form: Morinas
tags: plural
glosses: Morina is a genus of the Caprifoliaceae family.
fig (English, noun)
Forms: form: fig
raw_tags: Singular
form: figs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪɡ/
tags: US
glosses: A fig is a tree that grows mainly in the tropics and produces fruit.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A fig is a pear-shaped fruit with many small seeds that comes from a fig tree.
raw_tags: countable
Jasmine (English, name)
Forms: form: Jasmine
raw_tags: Proper noun
glosses: Jasmine is a female given name.
rhesus macaque (English, noun)
Forms: form: rhesus macaque
raw_tags: Singular
form: rhesus macaques
tags: plural
glosses: The rhesus macaque is a kind of monkey that is native to Africa and Asia.
raw_tags: countable
synonyms: rhesus monkey
motor (English, noun)
Forms: form: motor
raw_tags: Singular
form: motors
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊtə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈmoʊtər/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A machine that changes energy into motion (movement).
raw_tags: countable
synonyms: engine
glosses: A motor car, or automobile.
raw_tags: countable
old, no longer used
motor (English, verb)
Forms: form: motor
tags: canonical
form: motors
tags: third-person
singular
form: motored
tags: past
form: motored
tags: past
participle
form: motoring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊtə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈmoʊtər/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you motor, you travel in a motor vehicle.
nasty (English, adj)
Forms: form: nasty
tags: positive
form: nastier
tags: comparative
form: nastiest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaː.sti/
tags: Australia
ipa: /ˈnɑː.sti/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈnæs.ti/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If something is nasty it is very bad.
examples: I've never camped in the Italian Alps, but the weather must be pretty nasty there.
Her nasty behavior caused much trouble.
This poison is particularly nasty stuff.
Smoking, it's a nasty habit... but I quite enjoy it.
solution (English, noun)
Forms: form: solution
raw_tags: Singular
form: solutions
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈl(j)uːʃən/
tags: US
glosses: A solution is an answer to a problem.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The solution to the math problem 4+3 is 7.
glosses: A solution is a liquid that has something dissolved in it.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The student made a solution by mixing salt and water.
past participle (English, noun)
Forms: form: past participle
raw_tags: Singular
form: past participles
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A past participle is a verb form, used mainly with an auxiliary verb expressing tense or voice. In English, it is usually spelled the same as the past tense form.
raw_tags: countable
grammar
examples: In the following sentences, the underlined word is a past participle:
Have you seen her?
The used book had a dirty cover.
I have walked on this street many times.
The table is supported by four legs.
butcher (English, noun)
Forms: form: butcher
raw_tags: Singular
form: butchers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊtʃ.ə(r)/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A butcher is a person who slices and sells meat.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I went to the butcher to buy a steak.
glosses: A butcher is a person who kills and prepares animals as meat.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The butcher killed the pig and made bacon.
glosses: A butcher is a person who kills in a violent way.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Jack the Ripper was a crazy butcher of women.
butcher (English, verb)
Forms: form: butcher
tags: canonical
form: butchers
tags: third-person
singular
form: butchered
tags: past
form: butchered
tags: past
participle
form: butchering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊtʃ.ə(r)/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you butcher an animal, you kill it and cut it up into meat.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: He had to butcher the sheep to get chops for his dinner.
delegate (English, noun)
Forms: form: delegate
raw_tags: Singular
form: delegates
tags: plural
Pronunciation: poses: noun
ipa: /ˈdɛlɪɡət/
poses: noun
tags: UK
poses: noun
glosses: A delegate is a person authorized to act as representative for one or more other people, especially at a conference or in government.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He's attending the Democratic Convention as a delegate from the great state of Ohio.
A majority of the delegates voted against joining with that group.
synonyms: representative
delegate (English, verb)
Forms: form: delegate
tags: canonical
form: delegates
tags: third-person
singular
form: delegated
tags: past
form: delegated
tags: past
participle
form: delegating
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: poses: verb
ipa: /ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
poses: verb
tags: UK
poses: verb
glosses: If you delegate a job or the power to do that job, it is yours, but you give it to someone in a lower position.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: As more decisions on more complicated matters have to be made, more power has to be delegated to lower-ranking personnel.
waterfall (English, noun)
Forms: form: waterfall
raw_tags: Singular
form: waterfalls
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈwɑtɚfɔl/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A waterfall is a part of a river where water falls down.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Don't swim too close to the waterfall!
waterfall (English, verb)
Forms: form: waterfall
tags: canonical
form: waterfalls
tags: third-person
singular
form: waterfalled
tags: past
form: waterfalled
tags: past
participle
form: waterfalling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈwɑtɚfɔl/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If something waterfalls, it falls like a waterfall.
raw_tags: intransitive
whisky (English, noun)
Forms: form: whisky
raw_tags: Singular
form: whiskies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪski, ˈʍɪski/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Whisky is a drink with alcohol in it. It is made from grain.
diagrams (English, noun)
Forms: form: diagram
raw_tags: Singular
form: diagrams
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of diagrams; more than one (kind of) diagrams.
diagrams (English, verb)
Forms: form: diagramed
tags: past
form: diagramed
tags: past
participle
form: diagraming
tags: present
participle
form: diagram
tags: canonical
form: diagrams
tags: third-person
singular
form: diagrammed
tags: past
form: diagrammed
tags: past
participle
form: diagramming
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of diagram.
delight (English, noun)
Forms: form: delight
raw_tags: Singular
form: delights
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈlaɪt/
tags: US
glosses: Delight is the feeling of being very happy.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: There was a real sense of relief when the war ended and great delight that it had stopped.
They laughed with delight because he was their favorite uncle.
To her surprise and delight, she was right.
She took great delight in being able to play the piano again.
glosses: A delight is something that makes you feel very happy.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Your children are such a delight.
delight (English, verb)
Forms: form: delight
tags: canonical
form: delights
tags: third-person
singular
form: delighted
tags: past
form: delighted
tags: past
participle
form: delighting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈlaɪt/
tags: US
glosses: If you delight somebody, you make them feel very happy.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: We delight in the beauty around us.
The gift delighted her.
pour (English, verb)
Forms: form: pour
tags: canonical
form: pours
tags: third-person
singular
form: poured
tags: past
form: poured
tags: past
participle
form: pouring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔː/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: US
homophones: pore
poor
glosses: If you pour something, you let it flow from one place to another.
glosses: If something pours, it flows fast from one place to another.
glosses: If the rain pours, it is raining hard (a lot of rain is coming down fast).
pour (English, noun)
Forms: form: pour
raw_tags: Singular
form: pours
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔː/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: US
homophones: pore
poor
glosses: The act of pouring.
examples: Now that's a good pour of beer.
hardly (English, adv)
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːdli/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈhɑrdli/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Not much, very little.
examples: I hardly noticed the pain.
synonyms: barely
glosses: Not at all.
examples: I'm hardly qualified to give you medicine.
synonyms: not
hardly (English, intj)
Forms: form: hardly
raw_tags: Interjection
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːdli/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈhɑrdli/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: You can use hardly show you disagree a lot and are upset.
examples: Would I do that? Hardly!
term of address (English, phrase)
Forms: form: term of address
raw_tags: Expression
glosses: a word or phrase that is used when talking about someone or trying to get someone's attention.
examples: Because he talked a lot, his new term of address was Motor Mouth.
Because he decided to change his name to a picture his term of address was The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.
whitewash (English, verb)
Forms: form: whitewash
tags: canonical
form: whitewashes
tags: third-person
singular
form: whitewashed
tags: past
form: whitewashed
tags: past
participle
form: whitewashing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/
tags: Australia
glosses: Someone whitewashes something when they try to hide anything that is wrong with it and try to make it look good.
examples: He tried to whitewash the thing that happened last year so that he could be elected President.
glosses: Someone whitewashes something when they paint it with a white paint.
examples: She whitewashed the wall.
whitewash (English, noun)
Forms: form: whitewash
raw_tags: Singular
form: whitewashes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/
tags: Australia
glosses: The action of whitewashing something.
examples: They didn't tell you the whole story. That was just a whitewash.
glosses: White paint.
examples: He covered the fence with whitewash.
zeros (English, noun)
Forms: form: zero
raw_tags: Singular
form: zeros or zeroes
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of zero; more than one (kind of) zero.
demand (English, noun)
Forms: form: demand
raw_tags: Singular
form: demands
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmɑːnd/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /dɪˈmænd/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Demand for something is how much people want of it.
tags: singular
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Right now we have a supply in excess of demand for crude oil, gasoline, and heating oil.
The power companies should begin to prepare for increased demand for electricity.
Several sectors were not able to increase their production levels to satisfy the demand requirements.
Colleges have hired more part-time instructors to meet this increased educational demand.
glosses: A demand is what you say must be done or what you say you must have, a strong request.
raw_tags: countable
examples: His demands for new machines were ignored by the company.
glosses: The demands on someone or something are the difficult things that are required of them.
raw_tags: usually plural
examples: I can't deal with all these demands on my time.
The demands on the machines are beyond what they can produce.
demand (English, verb)
Forms: form: demand
tags: canonical
form: demands
tags: third-person
singular
form: demanded
tags: past
form: demanded
tags: past
participle
form: demanding
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmɑːnd/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /dɪˈmænd/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you demand something, you say strongly that you must receive it or that it must happen.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The Lebanese Foreign Minister demanded an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces.
People who lost their home are demanding answers about how the fire got out of control.
glosses: If x demands y, x needs or requires y.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The problems are real and they demand attention.
well-off (English, adj)
Forms: form: better-off
tags: comparative
form: best-off
tags: superlative
form: well-off
tags: positive
form: more well-off
tags: comparative
form: most well-off
tags: superlative
glosses: When you are well-off, you have enough money or other things to be able to live well.
examples: Both parents have worked for many years, so now they're very well-off.
yellowish (English, adj)
Forms: form: yellowish
tags: positive
form: more yellowish
tags: comparative
form: most yellowish
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjeləʊɪʃ/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈjelɔʊɪʃ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If something is yellowish it is a color that is like yellow but is not yellow.
examples: The grass is looking yellowish because there has been no rain.
The color was yellowish-green. (Meaning it was more green but a little yellow.)
vegetable (English, noun)
Forms: form: vegetable
raw_tags: Singular
form: vegetables
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvedʒtəbl/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A vegetable a part of a plant that is good for eating. This does not include grain, but does include leaves, stems, and roots. Some fruits are also called vegetables but most are not.
glosses: A vegetable is a person who has much damage to the brain and does not wake-up.
raw_tags: informal
often offensive
vegetables (English, noun)
Forms: form: vegetable
raw_tags: Singular
form: vegetables
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈved͡ʒtəbəlz/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈvɛd͡ʒətəbəlz/
tags: Canada
US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of vegetable; more than one (kind of) vegetable.
outer (English, adj)
Forms: form: outer
tags: positive
form: outermore
tags: comparative
form: outermost
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊtɚ/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈaʊtə/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: An outer thing is on the outside or toward the outside.
raw_tags: usually before a noun
examples: The outer layer of the coat is water proof, the inner layer keeps you warm.
fruits (English, noun)
Forms: form: fruit
raw_tags: Singular
form: fruits
tags: plural
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of fruit; more than one (kind of) fruit.
motherboard (English, noun)
Forms: form: motherboard
raw_tags: Singular
form: motherboards
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌðɚˌbɔrd/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: The motherboard is the main part of a computer.
raw_tags: countable
computing
lexicon (English, noun)
Forms: form: lexicon
raw_tags: Singular
form: lexicons or lexica
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kən/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɑn/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: The lexicon of a particular subject is all the words and phrases that are used for it.
raw_tags: countable
telescope (English, noun)
Forms: form: telescope
raw_tags: Singular
form: telescopes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛləskəʊp/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈtɛl.ɪ.skoʊp/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A telescope is a machine that is made up of a tube and lenses that is used to make things that are far away look larger. Often used by astronomers.
raw_tags: countable
astronomy
examples: Freddy used the telescope to see the mountain fifty miles away.
lens (English, noun)
Forms: form: lens
raw_tags: Singular
form: lenses
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛnz/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A lens is a specially shaped piece of glass that is used in cameras or telescopes to bend light.
raw_tags: countable
physics
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (English, noun)
Forms: form: Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
raw_tags: Singular
form: Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams
tags: plural
glosses: A Hertzsprung–Russell diagram is a graph that organizes stars by color, temperature and brightness.
earthquake (English, noun)
Forms: form: earthquake
raw_tags: Singular
form: earthquakes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜːθkweɪk/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɝθkweɪk/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: An earthquake is a natural event that causes the ground to shake up and down, and sometimes, may destroy buildings.
raw_tags: countable
geology
examples: The earthquake ripped a crack in the road and destroyed half of the building that I live in.
Richter scale (English, name)
Forms: form: Richter scale
raw_tags: Proper noun
Pronunciation: tags: US
glosses: The Richter scale is a scale to measure how strong an earthquake is.
apparent magnitude (English, noun)
Forms: form: apparent magnitude
raw_tags: Singular
form: apparent magnitudes
tags: plural
glosses: A star's apparent magnitude is how bright it looks from Earth.
extant (English, adj)
Forms: form: extant
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛkstənt/
tags: US
ipa: /ɛkˈstænt/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
tags: no-gloss
parole (English, noun)
Forms: form: parole
raw_tags: Singular
form: paroles
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈroːl/
ipa: [pə.ˈrəʊɫ]
tags: UK
ipa: [pə.ˈroʊɫ]
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Parole is the supervised release of a prisoner before the completion of their sentence.
raw_tags: countable
perpendicular (English, adj)
Forms: form: perpendicular
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɜː.pənˈdɪk.jə.lə(r)/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /pɝ.pɛnˈdɪk.ju.lɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Perpendicular means "at a ninety degree angle to".
picnic (English, noun)
Forms: form: picnic
raw_tags: Singular
form: picnics
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪknɪk/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A picnic is a meal that is eaten outside, usually not at home or at a restaurant.
picnic (English, verb)
Forms: form: picnic
tags: canonical
form: picnics
tags: third-person
singular
form: picnicked
tags: past
form: picnicked
tags: past
participle
form: picnicking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪknɪk/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: If someone picnics, they eat a picnic.
Planck's constant (English, noun)
Forms: form: Planck's constant
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
glosses: Planck's constant is a measure of the size of a quantum, or the smallest 'piece' of energy that exists. It has a value h≈6.626×10⁻³⁴J·s
raw_tags: uncountable
popularity (English, noun)
Forms: form: popularity
raw_tags: Singular
form: popularities
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒp.jəˈlær.ɪ.ti/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Popularity is the quality of being either well-liked or common.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Brad Pitt's popularity as an actor has never been higher.
power cord (English, noun)
Forms: form: power cord
raw_tags: Singular
form: power cords
tags: plural
glosses: A power cord or mains cable is a cord or cable that connects an electrical appliance to an electrical power source for the time that it is plugged into an outlet.
raw_tags: countable
prequel (English, noun)
Forms: form: prequel
raw_tags: Singular
form: prequels
tags: plural
glosses: A prequel is a story, book, or movie that comes or takes place before another one.
raw_tags: countable
pretence (English, noun)
Forms: form: pretence
raw_tags: Singular
form: pretences
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpriːtɛns/
tags: US
glosses: Pretence is the behaviour to make people believe what the pretender is doing.
raw_tags: uncountable
property tax (English, noun)
Forms: form: property tax
raw_tags: Singular
form: property taxes
tags: plural
glosses: Property tax is something that a person pays for owning property, which is usually land.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
protogalaxy (English, noun)
Forms: form: protogalaxy
raw_tags: Singular
form: protogalaxies
tags: plural
glosses: A protogalaxy is gas and dust in outer space that will change into a galaxy.
raw_tags: countable
nomination (English, noun)
Forms: form: nomination
raw_tags: Singular
form: nominations
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/
tags: US
ipa: /ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: Nomination The process of suggesting a candidate for either election to an office, or of a political party selecting its candidate for presidency.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Senator Barry Goldwater won the Republican Party's nomination for President of the United States of America in 1964 after competing with and defeating Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York for it.
glosses: The giving of an honor or award.
wrist (English, noun)
Forms: form: wrist
raw_tags: Singular
form: wrists
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪst/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Someone's wrist is a part of their body where the arm joins the hand.
raw_tags: countable
examples: You can move your hand up and down while keeping your arm in one place by bending your wrist.
wedge (English, noun)
Forms: form: wedge
raw_tags: Singular
form: wedges
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛdʒ/
tags: UK
US
tags: Australia
glosses: A wedge is something in the shape of a triangle that someone pushes under a door or into a crack.
raw_tags: countable
examples: You can break a log into two pieces by knocking a wedge into it with a hammer.
wedge (English, verb)
Forms: form: wedge
tags: canonical
form: wedges
tags: third-person
singular
form: wedged
tags: past
form: wedged
tags: past
participle
form: wedging
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛdʒ/
tags: UK
US
tags: Australia
glosses: If you wedge something, you force it into a narrow gap.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.
I wedged into the alcove and listened carefully.
lesson (English, noun)
Forms: form: lesson
raw_tags: Singular
form: lessons
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛsn̩/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
homophones: lessen
glosses: A lesson is a time when something is taught.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The Math lesson starts at 5:12.
synonyms: class
tire (English, noun)
Forms: form: tire
raw_tags: Singular
form: tires
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪ̯ə(r)/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A tire is the outer part of a car wheel. It is usually made of rubber
raw_tags: countable
examples: The front tire on my bike needs changing.
tire (English, verb)
Forms: form: tire
tags: canonical
form: tires
tags: third-person
singular
form: tired
tags: past
form: tired
tags: past
participle
form: tiring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪ̯ə(r)/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: To become tired.
examples: Running makes me tire.
pit (English, noun)
Forms: form: pit
raw_tags: Singular
form: pits
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪt/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A pit is a big hole in the ground.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Don't fall in the pit!
glosses: A pit is a large seed such as that in a peach.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The peach pit is hard. Don't bite it.
pit (English, verb)
Forms: form: pit
tags: canonical
form: pits
tags: third-person
singular
form: pitted
tags: past
form: pitted
tags: past
participle
form: pitting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪt/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If something is pitted, it is marked with little hollows.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The metal is pitted due to the exposure to acid rain.
glosses: If you pit something, you remove the seed from a fruit.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Please pit the cherries before giving it to the children.
beef (English, noun)
Forms: form: beef
raw_tags: Singular
form: beefs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /biːf/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: Beef is the meat of a cow.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: We're having ground beef for dinner.
glosses: A beef is a complaint: something that bothers someone, or that someone keeps getting a little angry about.
raw_tags: countable
slang
examples: One of my biggest beefs about this place is that you can't get a drink of water here.
calendar (English, noun)
Forms: form: calendar
raw_tags: Singular
form: calendars
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæl.ən.də/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
homophones: calender
glosses: A calendar is a system of measuring time.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The Chinese new year is different from the western new year because the Chinese use a lunar calendar.
glosses: A calendar is list of all the days with their dates, usually for one full year.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.
chorus (English, noun)
Forms: form: chorus
raw_tags: Singular
form: choruses
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːrəs/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A chorus is a musical group, usually in four parts.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He is in the school chorus.
glosses: A chorus is the part of a song that is repeated.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I don't know many of the words, but I can sing the chorus.
visa (English, noun)
Forms: form: visa
raw_tags: Singular
form: visas
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviː.zə/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A visa is a document that gives you permission to enter a country.
raw_tags: countable
examples: His visa expired today.
viewpoint (English, noun)
Forms: form: viewpoint
raw_tags: Singular
form: viewpoints
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvjuː.pɔɪnt/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Your viewpoint is your idea of what the world is like.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Jimmy's viewpoint of the war was that is was wrong.
wreck (English, noun)
Forms: form: wreck
raw_tags: Singular
form: wrecks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɛk/
tags: US
glosses: A wreck is what is left of something that has been seriously damaged.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The wreck of the Titanic was found on the bottom of the sea.
synonyms: wreckage
wreck (English, verb)
Forms: form: wreck
tags: canonical
form: wrecks
tags: third-person
singular
form: wrecked
tags: past
form: wrecked
tags: past
participle
form: wrecking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɛk/
tags: US
glosses: If you wreck something, you harm it beyond repair.
raw_tags: transitive
wholesale (English, noun)
Forms: form: wholesale
raw_tags: Singular
form: wholesales
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊlseɪl/
tags: US
glosses: Wholesale is the sale of a large amount of an item to other businesses.
raw_tags: uncountable
wholesale (English, adv)
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊlseɪl/
tags: US
glosses: In a large quantity at a cheap price.
well-being (English, noun)
Forms: form: well-being
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛlˈbiː.ɪŋ/
tags: US
glosses: Your well-being is your state of happiness and health.
examples: He was in a state of well-being.
kennel (English, noun)
Forms: form: kennel
raw_tags: Singular
form: kennels
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛnəl/
tags: UK
glosses: A kennel is a doghouse.
raw_tags: countable
examples: On hot days the dog goes into the kennel to get out of the sun.
glosses: A kennel is a place where pets are kept when their owners are away.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The kennel at the hotel was open from 9 to 5 so guests could keep their pets safe.
kennel (English, verb)
Forms: form: kenneled
tags: past
form: kenneled
tags: past
participle
form: kenneling
tags: present
participle
form: kennel
tags: canonical
form: kennels
tags: third-person
singular
form: kennelled
tags: past
form: kennelled
tags: past
participle
form: kennelling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛnəl/
tags: UK
glosses: If you kennel something, you keep a pet in a kennel.
examples: We have to kennel our two dogs whenever we go on vacation.
kilo- (English, prefix)
Forms: form: kilo-
raw_tags: Prefix
glosses: Kilo means one thousand, and is used in metric measurements to show that it's 1000 times the base unit.
examples: A kilogram means 1000 grams.
A kilometer is 1000 meters.
keeper (English, noun)
Forms: form: keeper
raw_tags: Singular
form: keepers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːpə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈkiːpɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A keeper is someone who keeps something.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He is the keeper of the keys.
quantity (English, noun)
Forms: form: quantity
raw_tags: Singular
form: quantities
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: US
ipa: /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈkwɒn.tɪ.ti/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈkwɑndədi/
tags: Canada
tags: US
tags: UK
tags: Canada
glosses: A quantity is the number or amount of something.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: The quantity of the candies in the tin has dropped to 17.
quotient (English, noun)
Forms: form: quotient
raw_tags: Singular
form: quotients
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwəʊʃənt/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈkwoʊʃənt/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A quotient is the result you get when you divide one number by another.
raw_tags: countable
mathematics
examples: A quotient of 2 is given when you divide 6 by 3.
victim (English, noun)
Forms: form: victim
raw_tags: Singular
form: victims
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪktɪm/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A victim is the person hurt in a crime.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The family of the murder victim cried.
victory (English, noun)
Forms: form: victory
raw_tags: Singular
form: victories
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪkt(ə)ri/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A victory is the act or result of winning.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: The Korean War had no clear victory.
greets (English, verb)
Forms: form: greet
tags: canonical
form: greets
tags: third-person
singular
form: greeted
tags: past
form: greeted
tags: past
participle
form: greeting
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of greet.
jug (English, noun)
Forms: form: jug
raw_tags: Singular
form: jugs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒʌɡ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: A jug is a large container for liquids, usually with a wide mouth.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The jug is full of milk.
jury (English, noun)
Forms: form: jury
raw_tags: Singular
form: juries
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒʊəri/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A jury is a group of people who decide a court case's result.
raw_tags: countable
law
examples: The jury says the person is not guilty.
jam (English, noun)
Forms: form: jam
raw_tags: Singular
form: jams
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒæm/
tags: UK
US
ipa: /ˈdʒæːm/
tags: Australia
UK
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Jam is a sweet spread for bread made by boiling fruit.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: I want blueberry jam on my toast.
synonyms: conserve
jelly
preserve
glosses: A jam is a hard situation.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I'm in a jam right now. Can you help me out?
glosses: A jam can be a blockage; congestion.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I'll be late to work today because of that traffic jam.
jam (English, verb)
Forms: form: jam
tags: canonical
form: jams
tags: third-person
singular
form: jammed
tags: past
form: jammed
tags: past
participle
form: jamming
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒæm/
tags: UK
US
ipa: /ˈdʒæːm/
tags: Australia
UK
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: If you jam something, it means you get it stuck or blocked in a small area; congested.
examples: The stapler that I was using jammed. Can I use that one please?
glosses: If you jam your finger or toe, it means it hit it against another object.
glosses: If you jam, it means that you play music.
glosses: If you jam a signal, it means you block it from broadcasting.
inferno (English, noun)
Forms: form: inferno
raw_tags: Singular
form: infernos
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfɝnoʊ/
tags: US
glosses: An inferno is a large fire.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Nobody escaped the inferno last night.
defense (English, noun)
Forms: form: defense
raw_tags: Singular
form: defenses
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛˈfɛns/
tags: UK
ipa: /diˈfɛns/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈdifɛns/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Defense is the process of protecting.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The secretary of defense met with the president at the White House.
Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defense in Tehran.
Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defense next week.
Police officers can only shoot in self defense or to protect another person's life.
When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defense.
glosses: In a court case, the defense is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer.
raw_tags: uncountable
law
examples: His defense lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun.
glosses: The defense is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
sports
examples: I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defense played great.
velocity (English, noun)
Forms: form: velocity
raw_tags: Singular
form: velocities
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈlɒsəti/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /vəˈlɑsəti/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Something's velocity is how fast it is moving.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: The bullet comes out of a gun at a high velocity.
glosses: In physics, velocity is how fast something is moving in a particular direction.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: The velocity of the car was 10 metres per second to the north-east when it hit the tree.
violin (English, noun)
Forms: form: violin
raw_tags: Singular
form: violins
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/
tags: US
glosses: A violin is a musical instrument played by moving a bow across the strings.
raw_tags: countable
music
examples: He has played the violin from when he was 6 years old.
synonyms: fiddle
jeweler (English, noun)
Forms: form: jeweler
raw_tags: Singular
form: jewelers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: UK
ipa: /ˈdʒuːələ/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈdʒu(ə)lɚ/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A jeweler is someone who sells jewels.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The jeweler said that the jewel was worth $1000.
joiner (English, noun)
Forms: form: joiner
raw_tags: Singular
form: joiners
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɔɪnɚ/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈdʒɔɪnə/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A joiner something that joins two or more things together.
examples: Glue is a good joiner.
jealous (English, adj)
Forms: form: jealous
tags: positive
form: more jealous
tags: comparative
form: most jealous
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɛləs/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: To be jealous is to want something someone else has.
examples: I'm jealous of all your free time.
Your new cell phone is making me jealous.
true blue (English, adj)
Forms: form: true blue
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
glosses: If you are true blue, you are loyal or steadfast.
raw_tags: idiomatic
jerk (English, noun)
Forms: form: jerk
raw_tags: Singular
form: jerks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɜːk/
tags: UK
ipa: /d͡ʒɝk/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A jerk is a quick action.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The door opened with a jerk.
glosses: A jerk is a bad or mean person.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He's such a jerk for not holding the door open for his grandma.
jerk (English, verb)
Forms: form: jerk
tags: canonical
form: jerks
tags: third-person
singular
form: jerked
tags: past
form: jerked
tags: past
participle
form: jerking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɜːk/
tags: UK
ipa: /d͡ʒɝk/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you jerk, you make a quick action.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: He jerked the door open.
meow (English, noun)
Forms: form: meow
raw_tags: Singular
form: meows
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /miˈaʊ̯/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: A meow is the crying sound a cat makes.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He heard a soft meow from behind the sofa.
meow (English, verb)
Forms: form: meow
tags: canonical
form: meows
tags: third-person
singular
form: meowed
tags: past
form: meowed
tags: past
participle
form: meowing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /miˈaʊ̯/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: If a cat meows, it makes a crying sound.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The cat meowed when it was fed.
navy (English, noun)
Forms: form: navy
raw_tags: Singular
form: navies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈneɪvi/
tags: US
glosses: Navy is a dark blue color.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: text: He wore a navy shirt.
glosses: A navy is a country's water army.
raw_tags: countable
military
examples: He was a member of the navy.
handkerchief (English, noun)
Forms: form: handkerchief
raw_tags: Singular
form: handkerchiefs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæŋkətʃiːf/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈhæŋkɚtʃɪf/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A handkerchief is a cloth, usually white, used to clean one's face of sweat, etc.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The gentleman had a handkerchief in his jacket pocket.
everything (English, det)
Forms: form: everything
raw_tags: Determiner
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛvriθɪŋ/
tags: US
glosses: Everything is all that exists, or all things in one area.
tags: singular
raw_tags: definite
examples: If you win, you get everything: the car and all other prizes you won!
sunlight (English, noun)
Forms: form: sunlight
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Sunlight is light from the sun.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The sunlight is bright today.
synonyms: sunshine
runaway (English, noun)
Forms: form: runaway
raw_tags: Singular
form: runaways
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrʌnəweɪ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A runaway is someone who runs away from home.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The little boy tried to become a runaway, but only went to the end of the block before coming home.
tradesman (English, noun)
Forms: form: tradesman
raw_tags: Singular
form: tradesmen
tags: plural
glosses: A tradesman is someone who does a skilled job by hand, such as carpenter or electrician.
raw_tags: countable
examples: We need to hire a tradesman to install the toilet.
manhole (English, noun)
Forms: form: manhole
raw_tags: Singular
form: manholes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /mænhəʊl/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A manhole is a large hole in a street that is used to get to the sewers.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Don't fall in the manhole!
downfall (English, noun)
Forms: form: downfall
raw_tags: Singular
form: downfalls
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊnfɔːl/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A downfall is a quick fall from power or riches.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The empire's downfall happened when the emperor was killed with out a prince.
looking-glass (English, noun)
Forms: form: looking-glass
raw_tags: Singular
form: looking-glasses
tags: plural
glosses: A looking-glass is a fancy name for a mirror
raw_tags: countable
examples: Alice looked into the looking-glass so she could see herself.
post office (English, noun)
Forms: form: post office
raw_tags: Singular
form: post offices
tags: plural
glosses: A post office is where mail is sent and received from.
raw_tags: countable
examples: He sent his letter from the post office.
lighthouse (English, noun)
Forms: form: lighthouse
raw_tags: Singular
form: lighthouses
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪthaʊs/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A lighthouse is a tower built on the shore to light the way to shore for ships.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The lighthouse is showing the way.
landmark (English, noun)
Forms: form: landmark
raw_tags: Singular
form: landmarks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlændmɑrk/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: A landmark is a large object used to know where one is.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Big Ben is a landmark in London.
landslip (English, noun)
Forms: form: landslip
raw_tags: Singular
form: landslips
tags: plural
glosses: A landslip is when dirt and mud fall down a hill or cliff, like a landslide.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Beware very wet hills, because a landslip might happen.
synonyms: landslide
everywhere (English, det)
Forms: form: everywhere
raw_tags: Determiner
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛv.ri.(h)weə(r)/
tags: UK
ipa: /ɛv.ri.(h)wɛr/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: (at, to, or in) every place
tags: singular
raw_tags: definite
examples: I've looked everywhere else, so it must be here.
The park has signs everywhere telling us to stay off the grass.
I broke my nose and blood went everywhere.
postoffice (English, noun)
Forms: form: postoffice
raw_tags: Singular
form: postoffices
tags: plural
glosses: Postoffice is another way of spelling post office.