ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭng
ipa: /ɹɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
homophone: wring
Forms: form: rings
Etymology: From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range.
Cognates
* West Frisian ring
* Low German Ring
* Dutch ring
* German Ring
* Swedish ring
* Finnish rengas
More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whence Bulgarian кръг (krǎg), Polish krąg, Russian круг (krug)).
Senses: glosses: A solid object in the shape of a circle.
A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
synonyms: annulus
hoop
torus
examples: text: His brother gifted him a ring for the engagement.
text: The dearest ring in Venice will I give you.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
topics: jewelry
lifestyle
glosses: A solid object in the shape of a circle.
A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
glosses: A solid object in the shape of a circle.
A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
glosses: A solid object in the shape of a circle.
A burner on a kitchen stove.
examples: text: onion rings; calamari rings
glosses: A solid object in the shape of a circle.
A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
glosses: A solid object in the shape of a circle.
In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
examples: text: Lick my ring
glosses: A solid object in the shape of a circle.
The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.
glosses: A solid object in the shape of a circle.
An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A solid object in the shape of a circle.
A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
examples: text: a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood
text: And hears the Muſes in a ring, / Ay round about Joves Altar ſing.
ref: a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 39:
text: The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
ref: 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
glosses: A group of objects arranged in a circle.
A circular group of people or objects.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A group of objects arranged in a circle.
A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
glosses: A group of objects arranged in a circle.
A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
examples: text: a ring of grime around the bathtub
glosses: A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
examples: text: Individuals looking to add their own homepage to a particular ring are, however, more or less at the mercy of the ringmaster, who often maintains a ring homepage listing its acceptance (or membership) policies and an index of its member sites.
ref: 2002, Feroz Khan, Information Society in Global Age, page 100:
glosses: Ellipsis of webring.
examples: text: Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, / Where youthful charioteers contend for glory.
ref: 1707, Edmund Smith, Phaedra and Hippolitus:
glosses: A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
glosses: A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
examples: text: a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)
text: the ruling ring at Constantinople
ref: 1877, Edward Augustus Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England:
text: It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot.
ref: 1928, Upton Sinclair, Boston:
text: In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.
ref: 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
examples: text: a benzene ring
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
examples: text: The ring is common in the Huntingdonshire accounts of Ramsey Abbey. It was equal to half a quarter, i.e., is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties
ref: 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168:
glosses: An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
examples: text: Kernel Mode processes run in ring 0, and User Mode processes run in ring 3.
ref: 2007, Steve Anson, Steve Bunting, Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation, page 70:
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
topics: cartomancy
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: abdominal inguinal ring
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word: abdominal ring
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word: abstinence ring
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word: algebra over a ring
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word: alternate ring hitching
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word: anchor ring
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: annual ring
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: A ring
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: Artin ring
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word: bathtub ring
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word: belly button ring
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word: belly ring
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word: benzene ring
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word: betting ring
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word: big ring
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word: Borromean rings
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word: boxing ring
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word: brass ring
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word: bubble ring
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: bull ring
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word: cake ring
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: calamari ring
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word: captive bead ring
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word: chainring
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word: chastity ring
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word: chatter ring
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word: cinnamon ring
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word: circus ring
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word: Claddagh ring
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word: class ring
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word: claw ring
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word: cock ring
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word: coffee ring
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word: commitment ring
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word: common three-ring
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word: constriction ring syndrome
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word: cornice ring
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word: Cox ring
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word: cramp ring
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word: curtain ring
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word: decoder ring
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word: Dedekind ring
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word: diamond ring
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word: dinner ring
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word: discrete valuation ring
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word: division ring
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word: dope-ring
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word: D ring
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word: D-ring
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word: drug ring
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word: earring
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: egg ring
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word: Einstein ring
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: engagement ring
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: enringed
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word: eternity ring
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word: factor ring
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word: fairy ring
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word: fairy ring champignon
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word: fede ring
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word: finger ring
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word: fire ring
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word: fisherman's ring
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word: five-ring
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word: Flieringa ring
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word: Fomalhaut dust ring
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word: four-ring
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word: front ring
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word: gas ring
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word: Gibson ring
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word: go for the gold ring
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word: group ring
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word: growth ring
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word: heel ring
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word: Herman ring
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word: hogring
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word: hold the ring
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word: iron ring
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word: junk ring
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word: Kayser-Fleischer ring
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word: key ring
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word: keyring
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word: kiss someone's ring
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word: kiss the ring
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word: Kummer ring
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word: Landolt broken ring
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word: Landolt ring
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word: Liesegang ring
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word: life ring
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word: limbal ring
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word: local ring
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word: lock ring
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word: mancude-ring system
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word: mangagement ring
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word: marriage ring
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word: Mickey Mouse ring
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word: mood ring
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word: mooring ring
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word: napkin ring
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word: navel ring
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word: near-ring
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word: neck ring
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word: Newton's rings
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word: Niven ring
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word: Nobili's rings
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word: Noetherian ring
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word: nose ring
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word: oath ring
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word: oath-ring
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word: Olympic Rings
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word: onion ring
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word: ordered ring
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: O-ring
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word: party ring
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word: pastry ring
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word: pedophile ring
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word: peg in the ring
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word: penis ring
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word: pinky ring
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word: piscatory ring
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word: piston ring
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word: pixie ring
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word: pixy ring
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word: planetary ring
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word: pole ring
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word: pole-ring
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word: posie ring
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word: prime ring
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word: principal ideal ring
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word: prison ring
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word: prize ring
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word: product ring
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word: promise ring
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word: puke one's ring
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word: purity ring
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word: puzzle ring
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word: quotient ring
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word: Raschig ring
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word: red ring disease
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word: red ring of death
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word: red ring skirt
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word: reduced ring
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word: regard ring
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word: reinforcement ring
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word: ring-a-levio
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word: Ring a Ring o' Roses
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word: ring armor
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word: ring-around-the-rosy
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word: ring bark
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word: ringbark
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word: ring-bark
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word: ringbearer
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word: ring bend
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word: ring-billed
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word: ring-billed gull
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word: ring binder
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word: ring bit
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word: ring-bone
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word: ring buoy
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word: ring-cake
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word: ring chart
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word: ring chromosome
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word: ring dance
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word: ring doughnut
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word: ring donut
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word: ring dove
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word: ringdove
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word: ring dropper
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word: ring-dropping
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word: ringed
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word: ring fence
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word: ring field
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word: ring finger
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word: ring flash
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word: ring gag
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word: ring game
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word: ring gauge
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word: ring girl
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word: ring-giver
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word: ring-giving
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word: ring-hall
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word: ring-hoard
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word: ring homomorphism
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word: ring in one's nose
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word: ring isomorphism
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word: ring junction
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word: ring knocker
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word: ring lamp
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word: ring laser
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word: ringleader
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word: ringlet
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word: ring light
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word: ringlike
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word: ring-lock
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word: ring mail
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word: ringmail
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word: ring modulation
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word: ring modulator
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word: ring name
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word: ringneck
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word: ring-necked duck
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word: ring-necked parakeet
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word: ring-necked pheasant
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: ring-neck
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word: ring-necked
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word: ring-oath
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word: ring of authenticity
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word: ring of bells
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word: ring of death
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word: Ring of Fire
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: ring of fractions
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word: Ring of Solomon
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word: ring of steel
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word: ring of the fisherman
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word: ring of truth
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word: ring oscillator
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word: ring ouzel
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word: ring parrot
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word: ringpiece
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word: ring play
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word: ring plover
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word: ring-porous
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word: ring pull
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word: ring rain
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word: ring rat
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word: ring reinforcement
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word: ring road
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word: ring rot
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word: ring-shaped
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word: ring shout
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word: ringside
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word: ring silicate
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word: ring singularity
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word: ring snake
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word: ring spanner
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word: ring species
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word: ring spinner
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word: ring spinning
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word: ring spot
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word: ring stand
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word: ring sting
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word: ringstraked
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word: ring sum normal form
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word: ring system
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word: ring-tail cat
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word: ring-tailed cat
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word: ring-tailed civet cat
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word: ring-tailed coati
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word: ring-tailed lemur
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word: ring-tailed macauco
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word: ring-tailed
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word: ringtailed
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word: ringtail
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word: ring-tail
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word: ring-taw
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word: ring tennis
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word: ring-theoretic
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word: ring-theoretical
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word: ring theory
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word: ring thrush
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word: ring time
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word: ring topology
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word: ring toss
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word: ring wear
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word: ring wing
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word: ringworm
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word: ring wrench
sense: Terms derived from "ring" (etymology 1)
word: rod ring
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word: Roman ring
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word: rubber ring
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word: run rings around
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word: rush ring
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word: saddle ring
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word: sclerotic ring
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word: seal ring
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word: septum ring
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word: shen ring
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word: show ring
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word: signet ring
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word: simple ring
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word: six-ring
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word: slip ring
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word: smoke ring
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word: snap ring
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word: soap ring
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word: sovereign ring
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word: sovvy ring
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word: split-ring
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word: spy ring
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word: star ring
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word: steel ring
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word: storage ring
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word: swim ring
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word: synonym ring
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word: tart ring
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word: teething ring
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word: temple ring
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word: thickening ring
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word: three-ring circus
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word: throw one's hat in the ring
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word: throw one's hat into the ring
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word: thumb ring
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word: thumb-ring
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word: toe ring
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word: token ring
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word: tongue ring
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word: toss one's hat in the ring
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word: toss one's hat into the ring
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word: total ring of fractions
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word: tow ring
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word: tree ring
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word: tympanic ring
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word: Ulloa's ring
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word: unique factorization ring
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word: vaginal ring
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word: valuation ring
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word: vortex ring
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word: v-ring
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word: Waldeyer's ring
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word: wedding ring
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word: wedding-ring
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word: wrestling ring
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word: X-ring
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word: zero ring
Related terms: red ring