cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
butter up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: butters up
form: buttering up
form: buttered up
form: buttered up
Senses: examples: text: He takes every opportunity to butter up the boss.
text: I'm not a cobb of corn, so you can stop butterin' me up. I don't need you to tell me how good my coffee is.
ref: 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jimmie (Quentin Tarantino):
text: Do you mind if I butter you up a little before I answer that question?
ref: 2004, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, spoken by Steve Zissou (Bill Murray):
text: Joe Hart finished the night without a single grass stain on his kit and it was just a surprise the team did not butter up their goal difference even more once Welbeck had clipped in Lambert's through-ball five minutes into the second half.
ref: 2013 September 6, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.
Stavka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian ставка (stavka).
Senses: glosses: Soviet armed forces headquarters during World War 2, directly under the control of Stalin.
exemplify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: exemplifies
form: exemplifying
form: exemplified
form: exemplified
form: exemplifie
Etymology: From Medieval Latin exemplificare, from Latin exemplum (“example”).
Senses: glosses: To show or illustrate by example.
examples: text: [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.
ref: 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R28:
text: Of course, closure of the West station took away the hotel's raison d'être. In May 2012, the local newspaper reported that this historic hotel, by then rated the town's worst (exemplified by its final review: "Please avoid at all costs"), was to be converted into 31 first-time-buyer one-bedroom flats.
ref: 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Bournemouth (circa 1880)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:
glosses: To be an instance of or serve as an example.
glosses: To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.
glosses: To prove by such an attested copy or transcript.
Derived terms: counterexemplify
exemplifiable
unexemplified
iconstasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iconstases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of iconostasis.
parallelogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pâ'rə-lĕlʹə-grăm'
ipa: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɛl.əˌɡɹæm/
Forms: form: parallelograms
form: parallelogramme
Etymology: From Latin parallelogrammum, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + γραμμή (grammḗ, “line”).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.
examples: text: 2 Marking of ground — … A five yard square shall be marked in front of each goal, having the goal posts at adjacent angles. A five yards square shall be marked out in front of each point space, having a goal post and a point post at adjacent angles. There will be thus formed in front of scoring area a parallelogram fifteen yards by five yards.
ref: 1907 GAA, Official Guide "Football Rules"; quoted in Joseph Lennon, The playing rules of football and hurling, 1884-1995 (Northern Recreation Consultants 1997) p.66 →ISBN
text: Two parallelograms of the dimensions set out hereunder shall be formed in front of each scoring space. One parallelogram, 14 mts. by 4.5 mts. shall be formed by two lines 4.5 mts. long and at right angles to the end-line, being marked 3.80 mts. from each goal-post, and the ends of these lines being joined. A larger parallelogram 19 mts. by 13 mts. shall be formed by two lines 13 mts. long and at right angles to the end-line, being marked 6.4 mts. from each goal-post, and the ends of these lines being joined.
ref: 1981 GAA, The Playing Rules of Football and Hurling; quoted in Joseph Lennon, The playing rules of football and hurling, 1884-1995 (Northern Recreation Consultants 1997) p.358 →ISBN
text: Goulding was fouled in the small parallelogram and O’Connor nicked the penalty into the net off the post.
ref: 2009 June 13, "Classy Cork sink Kerry" GAA website
text: There are seven Kilkenny players inside the large parallelogram and only two from Tipperary. Yet Tipp have scored a goal.
ref: 2011 September 4, Denis Walsh, “Cats avoid making same mistakes but Tipp have the right balance”, in The Sunday Times:
qualifier: Gaelic games
glosses: either of two rectangular areas (respectively the large parallelogram and the small parallelogram) abutting the goal line in front of the goal. (Since 1986 officially named the large rectangle and small rectangle, though the older names are still occasionally used.)
Hypernyms: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: quadrilateral
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: quadrangle
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: tetragon
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: polygon
Hyponyms: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: rectangle
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: rhombus
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: square
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: rhomboid
Derived terms: antiparallelogram
contraparallelogram
gyroparallelogram
parallelogramic
parallelogrammatic
parallelogrammic
parallelogram of forces
parallelotope
Varignon parallelogram
chuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌk/
ipa: /t͡ʃʊk/
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: chucks
Etymology: Variant of chock.
Senses: examples: text: Arm chucks represent approximately 54% of the beef forequarters.
ref: 1975, Thomas Fabbricante, William J. Sultan, Practical Meat Cutting and Merchandising: Beef, page 141:
text: Often, pieces of the chuck are sold boneless as flat chunks of meat or rolled and tied.
ref: 2001, Bruce Aidells, Denis Kelly, The Complete Meat Cookbook: A Juicy and Authoritative Guide, page 190:
text: The chucks are that portion of foresaddle remaining after excluding the hotel rack and plate portions of the breast as described in Item No. 306. The veal foreshanks (Item No. 312) and brisket may either be attached or separated and packaged with the chucks.
ref: 2006, North American Meat Processors Association, The Meat Buyers Guide: Beef, Lamb, Veal, Pork, and Poultry, page 113:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
examples: text: “Hambone, how's for chuck?”
Hambone removed pipe from mouth, slowly. “Wal, I reckon I still got a few whistleberries left. Some sonofabitch stew mabbe. A few shot biscuits.”
ref: 1951, Frederick Feikema Manfred, Riders of Judgment, Second, published 2014, →ISBN:
glosses: Food.
examples: text: 1824, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions, Volume 42, page 88,
I have had a chuck of this kind made in brass with the cones of iron, but it is cumbrous and expensive, and does not answer so well, owing to the surface of the iron offering less resistance to the work turning within it. This, perhaps, might be remedied by roughing; but I think the chuck is much better in wood, as it can be made by any common turner at a trifling expense, and possesses more strength than can possibly be required.
text: Iron and steel in contact with magnets retain some of the magnetism, which is sometimes more or less of a nuisance in getting small work off the chucks.
ref: 1912, Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley, American Machinist Grinding Book, page 322:
text: 2003, Julie K. Petersen, “chuck”, entry in Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary, page 181,
A fiber optic splicing device may be equipped with V-grooves or chucks to hold the two pieces of fiber optic filament to be spliced. If it has chucks, they are typically either clamping chucks or vacuum chucks.
text: The first step in preparing a test specimen with the FlexPrepᵀᴹ is to secure the gyratory specimen in the chuck of the machine.
ref: 2008, Ramon Francis Bonaquist, NHCRP Report 614: Refining the Simple Performance Tester for Use in Routine Practice, page 30:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
Derived terms: chuckable
chuckhole
chuck it in
chuck it up
chuck key
chuck over
chuck rib
chuck steak
chuck wagon
fork chuck
universal chuck
chuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌk/
ipa: /t͡ʃʊk/
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: chucks
form: chucking
form: chucked
form: chucked
Etymology: Variant of chock.
Senses: glosses: To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
glosses: To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
chuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌk/
ipa: /t͡ʃʊk/
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: chucks
Etymology: From Middle English chuk, of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of a hen's cluck.
Senses: glosses: A chicken, a hen.
examples: text: The call always starts with a whine, to which the males add from 0 to 6 chucks. In choice tests, females approach calls that contain chucks in preference to calls that contain no chucks.
ref: 1998, Scott Freeman, Jon C. Herron, Evolutionary Analysis, page 604:
glosses: A clucking sound.
examples: text: Are you all right, chuck?
text: Pray, chuck, come hither.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
glosses: A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
chuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌk/
ipa: /t͡ʃʊk/
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: chucks
form: chucking
form: chucked
form: chucked
Etymology: From Middle English chukken, from the noun (see above).
Senses: glosses: To make a clucking sound.
examples: text: Then crowing clapped his wing, th'appointed call
To chuck his wives together in the hall.
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Tale of the Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To call, as a hen her chickens.
examples: text: Who would not chuck to see such pleasing sport.
To see such troupes of gallants still resort
unto Cornutos shop.
ref: 1598, John Marston, “Satyre IV”, in The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image, and Certaine Satyres (poem):
glosses: To chuckle; to laugh.
chuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌk/
ipa: /t͡ʃʊk/
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: chucks
form: chock
Etymology: From earlier chock, likely imitative, but perhaps also from Middle English chokken (“to thrust, pierce, cram”), from Picard Old French chuquier (“to collide, strike”, intransitive verb), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to bump, shake”). Doublet of shock and shuck.
Senses: examples: text: She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
glosses: A gentle touch or tap.
glosses: A casual throw.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
glosses: An act or instance of vomiting.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
chuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌk/
ipa: /t͡ʃʊk/
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: chucks
form: 'chuck
Etymology: From woodchuck.
Senses: examples: 1976 August, Sylvia Bashline, Woodchucks Are Tablefare Too, Field & Stream, page 50,
Chucks are plentiful, and most farmers are glad to have the incurable diggers kept at tolerable population levels. […] For some reason, my family didn′t eat ′chucks. Few families in the area did.
glosses: Abbreviation of woodchuck.
Derived terms: rockchuck
chuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃʌk/
ipa: /t͡ʃʊk/
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: chucks
form: chack
Etymology: From chuck (“to toss”).
Senses: glosses: A small pebble.
glosses: Money.
Synonyms: chuckie
chucky
chuckstone
chuckiestone
Derived terms: chuckie-stone
Related terms: english: game played with pebbles
translation: game played with pebbles
word: chucks
Walloon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəˈluːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French Wallon / wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).
Cognate to English Welsh/Wales, the second part of Cornwall, and first part of walnut, as well as Gaul and Wallachia.
Senses: examples: text: By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon.
ref: 2001 December 2, Giles Milton, “'The Riddle and the Knight'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022:
glosses: A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).
Walloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəˈluːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: Walloons
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French Wallon / wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).
Cognate to English Welsh/Wales, the second part of Cornwall, and first part of walnut, as well as Gaul and Wallachia.
Senses: examples: text: when I was young I did seeke to serue, both in England, Fraunce, and Scotland, to that end I might the better doo my Prince and Countrye seruice, and also to sustaine myselfe, who otherwaies was not able to liue as I did desire to doo: wheras I learned to know the vse of most weapons of warre both for Horsemen and footmen, that are or haue beene vsed in this age, with as good Schoolemaisters as any Italian, Spaniard or Wallon whatsoeuer, hath been or now is.
ref: 1593±1, Humfrey Barwick, A breefe discourse, concerning the force and effect of all manuall weapons of fire and the disability of the long bowe or archery, in respect of others of greater force now in vse. With sundrye probable reasons for the verrifying therof: the which I haue doone of dutye towards my soueraigne and country, and for the better satisfaction of all such as are doubtfull of the same., London:
synonyms: Wallonian
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Wallonia.
glosses: A speaker of Walloon (as above).
Derived terms: Walloon Brusselers
Walloon Dutch
Walloon Swedes
Walloon Wisconsinites
Walloon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəˈluːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French Wallon / wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).
Cognate to English Welsh/Wales, the second part of Cornwall, and first part of walnut, as well as Gaul and Wallachia.
Senses: examples: text: The valerouse, and prudent Earle of Isimburque uppon the firste aduice of Captaine Barri, touching the quantitie and presumtion of the enemy, drew on vnto the field, and with great expedition brauelie ordered, and deuided his almain, and vallon Infanterie, into two squadrons, in forme of broad front with amostualerous determintion to incounter and giue battel to the enemy if need did require.
ref: 1627, Herman Hugo, translated by Gerat Barry, The seige of Breda by the armes of Phillip the Fourt vnder the gouernment of Isabella atchiued by the conduct of Ambr. Spinola, Leuven, page 35:
synonyms: Wallonian
glosses: Of, from or relating to Wallonia.
glosses: Of or relating to the Walloon language.
Derived terms: Wallonia
Walloon Assembly
Walloon Brabant
Walloon Church
Walloon collar
Walloon Flanders
Walloon forge
Walloon Guards
Walloon Legion
Walloon literature
Walloon Movement
Walloon Orphanage
Walloon Parliament
Walloon Rally
Walloon Region
Walloon rooster
Related terms: walnut
Welsh
Flemish
Fleming
Wiktionary’s coverage of Walloon terms
kissaten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kissatens
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 喫茶店(きっさてん) (kissaten, literally “tea-drinking shop”).
Senses: examples: text: We went Christmas shopping around the eki, saw all the Christmas decorations, and had great desert [sic] in a kissaten. Everything was beautiful.
ref: 2003 December 21, Ernest Schaal, “Protestor Damages Enola Gay”, in alt.native (Usenet):
text: In Japan, my sister, mother and I would snap awake at an impolite time and ease our way downstairs into the damp morning air. Nagoya, my hometown, has a rich and extensive culture of kissatens, or coffeehouses, some of which would open as early as 7 a.m.
ref: 2022 October 25, Nina Li Coomes, “The Strange Comfort of Jet Lag”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: A type of Japanese coffee shop.
Related terms: kissa
Nebuchadnezzar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzə/
ipa: /ˌnɛbəkədˈnɛzɚ/
ipa: /ˌnɛbəkəˈnɛzɚ/
Forms: form: Nabuchodonosor
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏneʾṣṣár), a corruption of earlier נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏreʾṣṣár), from Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀 (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, “Nabu protect my heir”).
Senses: glosses: A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 B.C.E. – 562 B.C.E. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.
Nebuchadnezzar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzə/
ipa: /ˌnɛbəkədˈnɛzɚ/
ipa: /ˌnɛbəkəˈnɛzɚ/
Forms: form: Nebuchadnezzars
form: Nabuchodonosor
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏneʾṣṣár), a corruption of earlier נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏreʾṣṣár), from Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀 (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, “Nabu protect my heir”).
Senses: glosses: A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles.
ocha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese お茶 (ocha), from 御 (o-, honorific prefix) + 茶 (cha, “tea”), from Middle Chinese 茶 (MC drae), whence English cha.
Senses: examples: text: Right now I am drinking ocha and listening to the rain whipping across the windowpanes.
ref: 2001, Franz Wiegand, chapter VI, in Tokyo Blues: Shikata Ga Nai! (It Can’t Be Helped!), Lincoln, Neb.: Writer’s Showcase, →ISBN, page 63:
text: In the winters, they would sit together in the tiny attic space that the old man had been occupying in the house for the past 25 years and drink hot ocha as Rakesh-7 wove together seemingly simple threads into complex and detailed narrations […]
ref: 2008 December, Ashim Shanker, chapter II, in Don’t Forget to Breathe (Migrations; 1), 2nd edition, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Before each she quickly dispatched a bowl of miso soup, a small but steaming cup of ocha (green tea), some sushimi (raw fish), sukiyaki, boiled rice, octopus, udon noodles and some eel and sushi.
ref: 2017 April 6, John Hunter Parker, “Adventures in The Land of The Rising Sun”, in The Colored Boys: Inspired by True Events, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
text: Good quality tea can be steeped up to five times as the flavor evolves and becomes more subtle with each steep. In this way, we honor the tea plant and the labor of the many hands that create a single cup of ocha.
ref: 2023, Erin Masako Wilkins, “Tea (Ocha)”, in Asian American Herbalism: Traditional and Modern Healing Practices for Everyday Wellness—[…], New York, N.Y.: Princeton Architectural Press, →ISBN, chapter 8 (Living in Harmony and Maintaining Health), page 289, column 2:
glosses: Japanese tea, usually green tea.
CCG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CCGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of collectible card game.
glosses: Initialism of customizable card game.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of clinical commissioning group.
CCG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
nautical
transport
glosses: Initialism of Canadian Coast Guard.
Derived terms: CCGS
viviparous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪˈvɪpəɹəs/
Etymology: From Latin vīviparus, from vīvus (“alive, life, living”) + pariō (“give birth, produce, bring forth”).
Senses: glosses: Being born alive, as are most mammals, some reptiles, and a few fish (as opposed to being laid as an egg and subsequently hatching, as do most birds and many other species).
raw_tags: of an animal or animal species
glosses: Arising from an embryo that develops from the outset (rather than from a true seed that then germinates).
raw_tags: of a plant or plant species
Derived terms: Moorean viviparous tree snail
ovoviviparous
viviparous blenny
viviparous eelpout
viviparous lizard
viviparously
vivipary
viviparity
tango
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæŋɡəʊ/
ipa: /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/
rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ
Forms: form: tangos
form: tangoes
Etymology: From Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).
Senses: topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A piece of music suited to such a dance.
glosses: A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
Derived terms: electrotango
horizontal tango
neotango
tango uniform
wango tango
tango
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæŋɡəʊ/
ipa: /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/
rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ
Forms: form: tangoes
form: tangoing
form: tangoed
form: tangoed
Etymology: From Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).
Senses: glosses: To dance the tango.
examples: text: Creamy cheese, tangy-sweet peppers, and a hit of heat tango in this sexy deviled-egg combo.
ref: 2013, Kathy Casey, D'Lish Deviled Eggs, page 67:
glosses: To mingle or interact (with each other).
Related terms: it takes two to tango
tango
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæŋɡəʊ/
ipa: /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/
rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ
Forms: form: tangos
form: tangoes
Etymology: From translingual Tango (representing the letter T), from English tango (see above).
Senses: qualifier: international standards
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Tango from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
examples: text: Tango down!
text: The two tangoes running toward the carnage at the prison door dropped simultaneously, dead in their tracks.
ref: 2005, Charles W. Sasser, Detachment Delta: Operation Aces Wild, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 370:
text: The sharp crack of breaking glass preceded Emily's calm voice. "One tango dead and Marcus is down, John."
ref: 2017, Beth Rhodes, Strike Zone, →ISBN, page 210:
topics: government
law-enforcement
military
politics
war
glosses: A target; an enemy.
Derived terms: whiskey tango foxtrot
syringe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ/
ipa: /ˈsɪɹɪn(d)ʒ/
ipa: /səˈɹɪnd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈsɪɹɪnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɪndʒ
Forms: form: syringes
Etymology: From French seringue, from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.
Senses: examples: text: In Kelly’s case, once the baby was admitted to the hospital, she began to use formula, fed through a syringe—she was told to avoid bottles because the baby would reject the breast.
ref: 2013 January 2, Lisa Selin Davis, “Is the Medical Community Failing Breastfeeding Moms?”, in Time:
glosses: A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.
glosses: A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.
Derived terms: butterfly syringe
garden syringe
gas syringe
hypodermic syringe
ink syringe
meat syringe
microsyringe
nanosyringe
syringeable
syringeful
syringeless
syringelike
Related terms: 💉
inject
intravenous
needle
shoot up
syringe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ/
ipa: /ˈsɪɹɪn(d)ʒ/
ipa: /səˈɹɪnd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈsɪɹɪnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɪndʒ
Forms: form: syringes
form: syringing
form: syringed
form: syringed
Etymology: From French seringue, from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.
Senses: examples: text: Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!
glosses: To clean or rinse by means of a syringe.
glosses: To inject by means of a syringe.
habena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: habenae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin habena.
Senses: glosses: A restricting bandage or frenum
Derived terms: habenal
sphygmomanometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə/
ipa: /ˌsfɪɡmoʊməˈnɑmɪtɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sphygmomanometers
form: sphygmomanometre
Etymology: From sphygmo- (“pulse”) + manometer.
Senses: examples: text: Sphygmomanometer. — Very recently, Professor S. von Basch has introduced* an instrument, to which he gives the above name, for the purpose of estimating the blood-pressure in the human subject, and which has undoubtedly considerable clinical value.
ref: 1882, J. Graham Brown, Medical diagnosis:
text: Diagnostic monitoring of the pulse became linked to study of blood pressure, for which the sphygmomanometer was devised.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 332:
text: In order not to affect users' habits of using mobiles and to avoid the electromagnetic interference effects of the pacemaker, we have designed a wristable sphygmomanometer and pulsimeter which uses bluetooth power class II [7,8] as the device for short-distance transmission.
ref: 2012, Attila Roka, Current Issues and Recent Advances in Pacemaker Therapy, page 248:
glosses: A device used to measure blood pressure.
Synonyms: blood-pressure cuff
blood pressure gage
blood pressure gauge
blood-pressure meter
blood pressure meter
sphygmometer
Related terms: manometer
sphygmomanometric
sphygmomanometry
stethoscope
prego
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Just a note (so that I can say something...) I've never had good luck with A.I. I tried to get my Tarentaise heifer (cow) A.I.ed with this fantastic bull's semen...did all my research, spent months putting this thing together. We A.I.ed her....preg tested later and she was prego.
ref: 2001 February 28, MaliTheAncient, “D*** tired of waiting!!!!”, in rec.pets.dogs.breeds (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative spelling of preggo.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: prego roll
dietary fibre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dietary fiber
Senses: synonyms: bulk
roughage
glosses: Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.
mostly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊstli/
ipa: /ˈmoʊstli/
ipa: /ˈmoʊsli/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊstli
rhymes: (General American) -oʊstli
Forms: form: mostlie
form: moastly
Etymology: From most + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They're mostly good people, although they have made a few mistakes.
text: Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
ref: 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:
glosses: Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
examples: text: She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized [...]!
ref: 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
glosses: To the greatest extent; most.
Synonyms: word: by and large
word: in the main
word: more often than not
word: largely
word: predominantly
word: principally
word: all in all
word: all things considered
word: altogether
word: as a rule
word: basically
word: chiefly
word: feckly
word: for the most part
word: generally
word: mainly
word: mostly
word: on the whole
word: overall
word: pretty well
word: primarily
Hypernyms: word: partially
Hyponyms: word: usually
Derived terms: mostly plus
Related terms: word: degree
word: extent
word: very
word: fundamentally
word: intrinsically
word: normally
dietary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪətɹi/
ipa: /ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/
Etymology: From Medieval Latin diētārius, from Latin diaetārius, from diaeta + -ārius.
Senses: examples: text: If you have any dietary requirements, please inform the kitchen staff.
glosses: Of, or relating to diet.
examples: text: For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.
ref: 2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Comprising a food source.
Derived terms: dietarily
dietary fiber
dietary fibre
dietary indiscretion
dietary supplement
ethnodietary
nondietary
palaeodietary
paleodietary
predietary
dietary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪətɹi/
ipa: /ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/
Forms: form: dietaries
Etymology: From Medieval Latin diētārius, from Latin diaetārius, from diaeta + -ārius.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?” “He did, sir,” replied Bumble. “That boy will be hung,” said the gentleman in the white waistcoat; “I know that boy will be hung.” Nobody controverted the prophetic gentleman’s opinion.
ref: 1837 February, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Treats of Oliver Twist’s Growth, Education, and Board”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 30:
text: In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 42:
glosses: A regulated diet.
greatest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪ.tɪst/
rhymes: -eɪtɪst
Senses: examples: text: Caliban: […]I never saw a woman / But only Sycorax, my dam, and she; / But she as far surpasseth Sycorax / As great'st does least.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: superlative form of great: most great
Related terms: great
greater
mainly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪnli/
homophone: Mainely
rhymes: -eɪnli
Etymology: From Middle English maynly; equivalent to main + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: If you’re looking for the most breathable mask, Lukovics says, “Cotton is preferable, mainly for absorbing moisture/sweat.” She says multiple layers may be more protective but will also impact breathability.
ref: 2021 August 17, Elizabeth Wallace and Kai Burkhardt, “12 breathable face masks to protect you while exercising”, in CNN:
glosses: Chiefly; for the most part.
examples: text: Such breadth of ſhoulders as might mainely beare
Olde Atlas burthen, […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act (please specify |act=I or II), scene i:
text: Mainly they all attonce vpon him laid, / And sore beset on euery side around […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Forcefully, vigorously.
examples: text: But in the end, mainly crying out, he fell to raling and wringing his master, upbraiding him that he was not a true Philosopher[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 31, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully.
glosses: To a great degree; very much.
Synonyms: sense: for the most part
word: in the main
word: principally
word: mostly
sense: forcefully
word: energetically
sense: forcefully
word: powerfully
sense: forcefully
word: strongly
sense: loudly
word: earsplittingly
sense: loudly
word: lustily
sense: loudly
word: raucously
sense: loudly
word: thunderously
sense: to a great degree
word: a lot
sense: to a great degree
word: extremely
Related terms: amain
chiefly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃiːf.li/
rhymes: -iːfli
Forms: form: more chiefly
form: most chiefly
Etymology: From Middle English chefly; equivalent to chief + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Their relationship is chiefly professional.
text: This is a term chiefly used by online gamers.
text: But questions presisted^([sic]), chiefly because of the acknowledged and continuing Federal investigation of Mr. Mandel's wealthy friends, W. Dale Hess and Harry W. Rogers 3d, who have profited from business with the state.
ref: 1975 July 7, Ben A. Franklin, “MANDEL INQUIRY STIRS MARYLAND”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Especially or primarily; above all.
glosses: Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
Synonyms: sense: above all
word: first and foremost
word: particularly
word: above all
sense: almost entirely
word: by and large
word: for the most part
word: largely
word: mostly
chiefly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃiːf.li/
rhymes: -iːfli
Forms: form: chieflier
form: chiefliest
Etymology: From chief + -ly (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The maintenance of a perpetual fire came to be associated with chiefly or royal dignity.
ref: 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 261:
glosses: Of or relating to a chief.
Derived terms: unchiefly
especially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/
ipa: /əˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/
ipa: /ɛsˈpɛʃ.(ə.)li/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/
ipa: /ɛkˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/
Forms: form: more especially
form: most especially
form: esp.
form: esp
form: esp
form: espc
Etymology: From especial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He got up early especially.
text: L.N.E.R. class "Y6" 3 ft. 1 in. 0-4-0 steam tram locomotive No. 7133
This locomotive, constructed at the Stratford works of the former Great Eastern Railway in 1897, was one of six which were built between 1883 and 1897 especially to work the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway.
ref: 1944 July and August, Railway Magazine, page 233, photo caption:
topics: manner
glosses: In a special manner; specially.
examples: text: There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
glosses: Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
examples: text: Invite them all, especially Molly.
text: Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
glosses: Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
Synonyms: sense: particularly
word: in particular
word: specifically
sense: emphasis
word: first and foremost
word: above all
Related terms: especial
special
specialist
specialty
'specially
esp
hagfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæɡˌfɪʃ/
Forms: form: hagfish
form: hagfishes
Etymology: From hag + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.
Synonyms: borer
hag
myxinid
myxinoid
slime eel
Hypernyms: cyclostome
Derived terms: black hagfish
gulf hagfish
hagfishery
hagfishing
inshore hagfish
New Zealand hagfish
Pacific hagfish
southern hagfish
particularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈtʰɪkjələli/
ipa: /pəˈtʰɪkjəli/
ipa: /pɚˈtʰɪkjəlɚli/
note: US, r-dissimilation
ipa: /pəˈtʰɪkjəlɚli/
Forms: form: perticularly
Etymology: From particular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
text: We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
ref: 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:
glosses: Especially, extremely.
qualifier: degree
glosses: To a great extent.
examples: text: But as the half progressed, Liverpool's pressure and high-tempo passing game increased United's frustration and it threatened to boil over on the stroke of half-time when Van Persie, who had already been booked, was involved in angry verbal exchanges with several Liverpool players, particularly Gerrard.
ref: 2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:
text: [Minnesota Senator Steve] Daines isn’t the only example of right-wing politicians who wish to wield anti-Semitism as a convenient cudgel against their political enemies, with scant if any evidence. But Montana’s vanishingly small Jewish population makes it particularly clear that this strategy has little to do with flesh-and-blood Jews at all.
ref: 2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ:
glosses: Specifically, uniquely or individually.
glosses: In detail; with regard to particulars.
examples: text: He, rather too particularly perhaps, avoids public company, and is the very reverse of a bon vivant.
ref: 1825, Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes:
glosses: In a particular manner; fussily.
Synonyms: word: above all
word: first and foremost
word: primarily
word: above all
sense: to a great extent
word: exceedingly
word: greatly: see also Thesaurus:very
word: in particular
word: specifically
sense: in detail
word: detailly
word: thoroughly
word: completely
sense: fussily
word: exacting
sense: fussily
word: fastidiously
sense: fussily
word: pedantically
sense: fussily
word: pickily
specifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /spəˈsɪf.ɪ.k.li/
ipa: /spɪˈsɪf.ɪ.k.li/
ipa: /spəˈsɪf.ɪ.kə.li/
Forms: form: more specifically
form: most specifically
form: especifically
Etymology: From specific + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: A provision of law may not be construed as requiring a new grant to be awarded to a specified non-Federal Government entity unless that provision of law (1) specifically refers to this subsection; specifically identifies the particular non-Federal Government entity involved; and (3) specifically states that the award to that entity is required by such provision of law in contravention of the policy set forth in subsection (a).
ref: 1994, Congress of the United States, United States Statutes at Large, volume 108, part 4:
text: Unless specifically waived by the IRB, all subjects, or their legally authorized representatives, must document that they are consenting to participate in any research project that is approved by the University of North Dakota Institutional Review Board.
ref: 2009, Institutional Review Board, Standard Operating Procedures: Informed Consent Documentation, University of North Dakota:
text: Unless a rule or statute specifically states otherwise, a pleading need not be verified or accompanied by an affidavit.
ref: 2010, Congress of the United States, “Rule 11”, in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:
text: Many laws are directed specifically at child abuse.
ref: 2011, Paul Bergman, Sara Berman, The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System:
text: This was widely interpreted to mean that slavery was once more firmly illegal in England. However, the "positive law" mentioned–i.e., a direct law specifically enabling slavery–existed in many British colonies (although not all), since these colonies had a degree of freedom to write their own law apart from that of the home country.
ref: 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 3:21 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
synonyms: word: clearly
word: directly
word: downrightly
word: explicitly
word: expressis verbis
word: expressly
word: patently
word: plainly
word: specifically
word: unambiguously
word: unequivocally
word: univocally
antonyms: generally
;
typically
;
classically
glosses: In a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly.
glosses: For a specific purpose or reason.
Synonyms: word: especially
word: in especial
word: in particular
word: namely
word: particularly
word: peculiarly
word: specially
word: specifically
word: to wit
Hyponyms: word: explicitly
word: occasionally
word: unusually
word: as follows
word: scilicet
word: sc.
word: ss.
word: videlicet
word: viz.
Derived terms: gender-specifically
Related terms: word: individually
word: uniquely
word: in other words
specific
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪfɪk
ipa: /spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈspɛsɨfɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /spɪsɨˈfɪk/
ipa: /spɛkˈsi.fɪk/
Forms: form: specifics
form: specifick
Etymology: From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Latin speciēs (“kind”) + -ific.
Senses: glosses: A distinguishing attribute or quality.
examples: text: Change of scene, and a new lover, are infallible specifics, always supposing there is no character for constancy to be supported: if I witness the violent sorrow of to-day, I impose upon to-morrow the necessity of being sorry also.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 201:
text: A compound of spurge, cardamom, cinnamon of Mecca, pellitory, ginger, nettle seed is an Arab specific for sexual weakness.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:
text: I had no unreasonable fear of bats, […] yet I knew them too for carriers of the dread “Hydrophobia,” for which there was no specific.
ref: 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
glosses: A remedy for a specific disease or condition.
glosses: Specification
glosses: The details; particulars.
examples: text: With the exception of names of pan-Canadian significance and some alternate forms approved by provincial authorities, the specific is not translated.
ref: 2024 July 29, “geographical names: translation”, in Writing Tips Plus, Ottawa: Translation Bureau, retrieved 09 Nov 2024:
antonyms: generic
glosses: The distinguishing part of a toponym.
clamshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clamshells
Etymology: From clam + shell.
Senses: glosses: The shell of a clam.
examples: text: You'll find a mix among clamshell laptops for strong laps, lunchboxes, and sewing-machine configurations; the latter two designs typically have detachable keyboards.
ref: 1988 October 11, PC Mag, volume 7, number 17, page 93:
glosses: Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.
examples: text: The wall has been constructed one panel at a time by a machine which uses a clamshell bucket to excavate straight down to a depth of 30 metres. […] Specialised long-reach excavators with a clamshell grab then reach though the openings to lift the spoil to the surface, which is then deposited in articulated dump trucks (ADTs).
ref: 2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60:
glosses: Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.
A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
glosses: Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.
In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with takeout food.
examples: text: Shut your clam-shell!
text: He was quickly silenced, however, by a burly individual, who "reckoned that it mout be jist as well for the stranger to keep his clam-shell shut."
ref: 1858, Harper's Weekly:
text: "Shut your clamshell, Toby," grumbled the Baron.
ref: 1870, Henry Perry Leland, The Grey-bay Mare, and Other Humorous American Sketches:
glosses: Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.
mouth
glosses: Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.
An amphitheater, especially an outdoor amphitheater; the semi-circular acoustic backdrop behind and above the performers.
synonyms: bandshell
Derived terms: clamshell phone