cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
naval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: nā'vəl
ipa: /ˈneɪvəl/
homophone: navel
rhymes: -eɪvəl
Etymology: From Middle English naval, from Middle French naval, from Latin nāvālis; equivalent to navy + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
ref: 2012 March 24, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:
topics: nautical
transport
coordinate_terms: civil
merchant
glosses: Of or relating to a navy.
examples: text: naval architect
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Of or relating to ships in general.
Hypernyms: word: military
Derived terms: antinaval
internaval
NADEP
naval architect
naval base
naval brigade
naval crown
naval engineer
navalese
naval infantry
navalism
navalist
navalistic
navally
naval mine
naval officer
naval science
naval stores
nonnaval
pronaval
Related terms: navy
insecticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɛk.tɪˌsaɪd/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɛk.təˌsaɪd/
Forms: form: insecticides
Etymology: From French insecticide, as insect + -icide.
Senses: examples: text: The dried seed powder of custard apple (Annona squamosa L; family: Annonaceae) has been used as an insecticide in India and many other tropical countries since ancient times.
ref: 2009, Handbook of Pesticides: Methods of Pesticide Residues Analysis, →ISBN:
glosses: A substance used to kill insects.
Derived terms: bioinsecticide
mycoinsecticide
photoinsecticide
Related terms: insect
insecticidal
herbicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herbicides
Etymology: From herb + -icide.
Senses: glosses: A substance used to kill plants.
Synonyms: phytocide
Hyponyms: weedkiller
Derived terms: antiherbicide
bioherbicide
mycoherbicide
nonherbicide
proherbicide
rainbow herbicide
Related terms: herb
herbicidal
fungicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌŋɡɪsaɪd/
ipa: /ˈfʌnd͡ʒɪsaɪd/
Forms: form: fungicides
Etymology: From fungi- + -cide.
Senses: synonyms: fungicidal#Noun
;
mycocide
mycocidal#Noun
hypernyms: microbiocide
coordinate_terms: fungistatic#Noun
mycostatic#Noun
glosses: A substance used to kill fungus, whether yeasts, molds, mildews, or mushrooms.
Derived terms: antifungicide
biofungicide
nanofungicide
nonfungicide
Related terms: fungal
fungus
iminoctadine
genovese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Genovese.
raw_tags: of food
zooplankton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌzəʊ.əˈplæŋk.tən/
ipa: /ˌzoʊ.əˈplæŋk.tən/
Forms: form: zooplanktons
form: zooplankton
form: zoöplankton
Etymology: From zoo- + plankton.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals.
Coordinate terms: phytoplankton
Related terms: ichthyoplankton
plankton
di
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: dē
ipa: /diː/
ipa: /di/
ipa: /ɖiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: imitative.
Senses: examples: text: The chorus goes like this: "di di di di dum, da di da".
glosses: A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
Related terms: di lo
di loh
di lok
voce di petto
voce di testa
mahal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈhɑːl/
rhymes: -ɑːl
Forms: form: mahals
form: mahaul
form: mehal
form: mehaul
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi महल (mahal), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall, “place”).
Senses: glosses: A summerhouse.
glosses: Private lodgings.
glosses: A territorial division of pre-independence India.
glosses: A division of a farm.
glosses: A division of a hunting preserve.
chewing gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chewing gums
form: chewing-gum
Etymology: From chewing + gum.
Senses: glosses: A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic rubber, made for chewing.
Synonyms: chewie
Derived terms: chewing-gummy
Related terms: gum
bubblegum
gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gŭm
ipa: /ɡʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
homophone: gome
enpr: go͞om
enpr: go͝om
ipa: /ɡum/
ipa: /ɡʊm/
Forms: form: gums
Etymology: From Middle English gome, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gōmô, *gaumô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂u-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂w- (“to gape, yawn”).
See also German Gaumen, Old Norse gómr, Icelandic gómur; also Tocharian A ko, Tocharian B koyṃ (“mouth”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”). More at yawn.
Senses: glosses: The flesh around the teeth.
Synonyms: english: medical
translation: medical
word: gingiva
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gumboil
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum-didder
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum-digger
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum-digging
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum disease
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum job
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gumless
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gummed
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gummy
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum ridge
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum-ring
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum-rubber
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gumshield
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum shield
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum-stake
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum-tickler
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gum-tooth
sense: Terms derived from gum (noun, etymology 1)
word: gumwork
gum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gŭm
ipa: /ɡʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
homophone: gome
enpr: go͞om
enpr: go͝om
ipa: /ɡum/
ipa: /ɡʊm/
Forms: form: gums
form: gumming
form: gummed
form: gummed
Etymology: From Middle English gome, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gōmô, *gaumô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂u-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂w- (“to gape, yawn”).
See also German Gaumen, Old Norse gómr, Icelandic gómur; also Tocharian A ko, Tocharian B koyṃ (“mouth”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”). More at yawn.
Senses: glosses: To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
glosses: To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
gum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gŭm
ipa: /ɡʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
homophone: gome
enpr: go͞om
enpr: go͝om
ipa: /ɡum/
ipa: /ɡʊm/
rhymes: -ʌm
homophone: gome
enpr: gŭm
ipa: /ɡʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
homophone: gome
enpr: go͞om
enpr: go͝om
ipa: /ɡum/
ipa: /ɡʊm/
Forms: form: gums
form: gumming
form: gummed
form: gummed
Etymology: From Middle English gomme, gumme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman gome, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”). Cognate with Spanish goma (“rubber”). Doublet of gumma.
Senses: examples: text: However, Albert said in his audiotape and in his speech that a lever designed to release the lifeboat's block and tackle was gummed up with red paint.
ref: 2012, Julie Hedgepeth Williams, A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwells' Story of Survival, →ISBN, page 184:
glosses: To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.
examples: text: He frets like a gummed velvet.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: To stiffen with glue or gum.
examples: text: It consists in gumming together long strips of words [that] have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug.
ref: 1946, George Orwell, Politics and the English Language:
glosses: To inelegantly attach into a sequence.
raw_tags: with together
examples: text: That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.
text: The new editor can gum up your article with too many commas.
glosses: To impair the functioning of a thing or process.
Derived terms: gum up
gummable
by gum
lieutenant junior grade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lieutenants junior grade
Senses: glosses: A commissioned officer of the United States Navy whose rank is above an ensign's and below a lieutenant, or a corresponding rank in other navies.
glosses: A commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration whose rank is above an ensign and below a lieutenant.
evenly divisible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the concept of dividing a group of objects into subgroups of even (that is, the same) size.
Senses: examples: text: 15 is evenly divisible by 3 but 16 isn't.
topics: arithmetic
synonyms: divisible
hypernyms: divisible
glosses: Leaving no remainder when divided by.
remainder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/
ipa: /ɹəˈmeɪndə/
ipa: /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/
rhymes: -eɪndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: remainer
Etymology: From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.
Senses: glosses: Remaining.
Synonyms: leftover
remainder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/
ipa: /ɹəˈmeɪndə/
ipa: /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/
rhymes: -eɪndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: remainders
form: remaindering
form: remaindered
form: remaindered
form: remainer
Etymology: From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.
Senses: examples: text: The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer.
topics: business
commerce
glosses: To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
penny chew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penny chews
Senses: glosses: A chew (chewy confectionery) costing (or formerly costing) one penny.
bubbly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌbli/
ipa: /ˈbʌbəli/
rhymes: -ʌbli
Forms: form: bubblier
form: bubbliest
Etymology: From bubble + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Whip the egg white into a bubbly froth.
glosses: Full of bubbles.
examples: text: She has a bubbly personality.
text: “Our priority is to make relationships with people,” says Mariana Gomes, a bubbly social worker who methodically jots down whom she meets and what they need in a giant binder.
ref: 2024 July 12, Dominique Soguel, “How Portugal became a world leader in fighting drug addiction”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
text: Outgoing and bubbly, she quickly made friends in her new town.
ref: 2025 January 15, Kashmir Hill, “She Is in Love With ChatGPT”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: ebullient
word: perky
english: similar image
translation: similar image
glosses: Cheerful, lively.
examples: text: The architecture of the conservatory was bubbly.
glosses: Having the characteristics of bubbles.
examples: text: China’s economy is too bubbly and will soon slow down.
ref: 2011 July 2, Iana Dreyer, “China’s coming era of slower growth: Are western economies prepared?”, in East Asia Forum:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Having the characteristics of economic bubbles.
Synonyms: sense: full of bubbles
word: fizzy
word: sparkling
word: effervescent
Derived terms: bubbliness
nonbubbly
bubbly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌbli/
ipa: /ˈbʌbəli/
rhymes: -ʌbli
Forms: form: bubblies
Etymology: From bubble + -y.
Senses: examples: text: We're getting married–this calls for a bottle of bubbly!
text: “[…] Maybe some bubbly for the ladies, since we just bought the house of life, and break camp . . . since they are very appreciative that things got wrapped up so fast.”
ref: 2007, L. A. Banks, The Cursed, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN:
synonyms: bub
bubbles
champers
fizz
shampoo
glosses: Champagne.
Related terms: bubbly-jock
hubbly bubbly
evenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːvənli/
Forms: form: more evenly
form: most evenly
Etymology: From Middle English evenly, evenliche, from Old English efenlīċe (“evenly, alike, equally”), equivalent to even + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Spread the icing evenly over the cake.
glosses: So as to form a flat surface.
examples: text: To avoid arguments, he divided the sweets evenly between his two children.
glosses: In a fair manner of distribution, giving the same amount or number to each; equally.
examples: text: 12 is evenly divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In a manner that leaves no remainder.
examples: text: The oddly counted lords are always out of sync with at least one other evenly counted cycle. These two strange counts assured that at no single moment could all cycles end at the same time for an extraordinarily long time, for at least one odd count threw off all the even ones.
ref: 1998, Kay Almere Read, Time and Sacrifice in the Aztec Cosmos, page 107:
glosses: In terms of or by means of even numbers.
Derived terms: evenly divisible
evenly even
evenly odd
microwave oven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹə(ʊ)ˌweɪv ˈʌv(ə)n/
enpr: mī'krōwāv" ŭ'v(ə)n
enpr: mī'krəwāv" ŭ'v(ə)n
Forms: form: microwave ovens
Etymology: From microwave and oven.
Senses: examples: text: We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries. We got to move these refrigerators, we got to move these color TVs.
ref: 1985, Dire Straits, “Money for Nothing”, in Brothers in Arms:
synonyms: microwave[Appendix:Glossary#elliptically|elliptically]] synonymous>
meronyms: carousel
coordinate_terms: conventional oven
convection oven
induction oven
glosses: An oven that uses microwave-frequency energy to heat food or other items placed within it.
Derived terms: convection microwave oven
microwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mī'krə-wāv"
ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/
enpr: mī'krō-wāv"
ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹəʊˌweɪv/
enpr: mī'kər-wāv"
ipa: /ˈmaɪkəɹˌweɪv/
Forms: form: microwaves
Etymology: From micro- + wave.
Senses: examples: text: Many radar systems use a combination of radio waves and microwaves.
text: Microwaves do not follow the curvature of the earth, but travel in a straight line. They must therefore have unobstructed "line of sight" and the dish aerials have to be sited on towers or high buildings, on high ground, or a combination of all three.
ref: 1964 August, “The NER's microwave radio-telephone begins work”, in Modern Railways, page 129:
synonyms: SHF
hypernyms: radio wave
wave
holonyms: radio band
coordinate_terms: longwave
mediumwave
shortwave
UHF
glosses: An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
examples: text: Just put it in the microwave for 30 seconds and it's ready to eat.
glosses: Ellipsis of microwave oven.
Derived terms: antimicrowave
Cajun microwave
convection microwave
convection microwave oven
cosmic microwave background
microwaveguide
microwaveless
microwavelike
microwave meal
microwave radiation
microwave resonant cavity thruster
microwavery
microwave safe
microwave spectroscopy
mini-microwave
microwave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mī'krə-wāv"
ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/
enpr: mī'krō-wāv"
ipa: /ˈmaɪkɹəʊˌweɪv/
enpr: mī'kər-wāv"
ipa: /ˈmaɪkəɹˌweɪv/
Forms: form: microwaves
form: microwaving
form: microwaved
form: microwaved
Etymology: From micro- + wave.
Senses: examples: text: A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.
ref: 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:
synonyms: word: nuke
word: microcook
word: zap
glosses: To cook (something) in a microwave oven.
glosses: To provide minimal preparation for implementation, deeming full or extensive preparation as unnecessary.
Derived terms: microwavable
microwaveable
microwave up
microwavable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: microwaveable
Etymology: From microwave + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.
microwaveable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From microwave + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of microwavable.
sigmoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪɡ.mɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɪɡmɔɪd
Forms: form: more sigmoid
form: most sigmoid
Etymology: Borrowing from Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs, “of the shape of sigma”), from σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă, “sigma”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”); Equivalent to sigma + -oid. Compare with French sigmoïde.
Senses: glosses: Semi-circular, like the uncial or lunate sigma (similar to English C).
synonyms: S-shaped
glosses: Curved in two directions, like the letter "S", or the Greek ς (sigma); having a serpentine shape.
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: S-shaped
glosses: Curved in two directions, like the letter "S", or the Greek ς (sigma); having a serpentine shape.
Exhibiting logistic growth; having a graph that accelerates until it reaches a carrying capacity.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: sigmoidal
glosses: Relating to the sigmoid colon.
Derived terms: parasigmoid
rectosigmoid
retrosigmoid
sigmoid colon
sigmoid flexure
sigmoid function
sigmoidicity
sigmoidity
sigmoid notch
sigmoid sinus
sigmoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪɡ.mɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɪɡmɔɪd
Forms: form: sigmoids
Etymology: Borrowing from Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs, “of the shape of sigma”), from σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă, “sigma”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”); Equivalent to sigma + -oid. Compare with French sigmoïde.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of sigmoid colon.
examples: text: If we had the textbook from a hundred years in the future that contains all the simple ideas that actually work, that take so long to identify in practice — the ReLUs instead of sigmoids — for those of us who’ve been following AI for, like, more than the last couple of years and know what I’m taking about there.
ref: 2023 June 29th, “AI will kill all of us | Eliezer Yudkowsky interview” (16:12–16:28 from the start), in The David Pakman Show, spoken by Eliezer Yudkowsky, via YouTube:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of sigmoid function.
Derived terms: hysterocolposigmoidectomy
megasigmoid
mesosigmoid
proctosigmoidectomy
proctosigmoiditis
proctosigmoidoscopy
rectosigmoiditis
sigmoidal
sigmoidectomy
sigmoiditis
sigmoidocele
sigmoidopexy
sigmoidoscope
sigmoidoscopic
sigmoidoscopy
sigmoidostomy
ureterosigmoidostomy
gateaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gateau
ennea-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”).
Senses: synonyms: nona-#Prefix
glosses: Nine.
wikipedia: number prefix
Related terms: ennead
enneagynous
number
nona-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin nonus (“ninth”).
Senses: synonyms: ennea-#Prefix
glosses: Nine.
wikipedia: number prefix
Derived terms: nonagenarian
nonagon
nonahedron
nonahydridorhenate
nonane
nonanoic
nonary
nonomino
nonuplet
nerf net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nerf nets
Etymology: By analogy with nerf bar. Invented by ATV racer Brian Fry in 1985.
Senses: examples: text: Those nerf nets may look weird, but they've saved me a lot of pain.
glosses: A net running between a nerf bar on a vehicle and the vehicle itself, in order to prevent the driver's leg getting caught between the two.
lieutenant commander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lieutenant commanders
Senses: glosses: A naval officer whose rank is higher than a lieutenant and below that of a commander.
commander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmændɚ/
ipa: /kəˈmɑːndə/
ipa: /kəˈmandə/
Forms: form: commanders
Etymology: From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. By surface analysis, command + -er. See command.
Senses: examples: text: I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
ref: 1883, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, volume 1, page 128:
text: Instead, Korda squeezes Eisenhower’s extraordinary two-term presidency — not to mention his stints as president of Columbia University and commander of NATO forces — into 140 themeless pages.
ref: 2007 September 30, Douglas Brinkley, “Overlord’s Overlord”, in The New York Times:
glosses: One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
examples: text: Shepard: I don't take orders from you anymore, remember?
Anderson: Consider yourself reinstated... Commander.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Earth:
glosses: A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
glosses: One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
glosses: A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
glosses: The chief officer of a commandry.
glosses: A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
glosses: A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
glosses: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier who has attained the rank of sergeant or higher
Derived terms: archcommander
arch-commander
co-commander
commanderess
commander in chief
commander-in-chief
commanderless
commanderlike
commanderly
commandership
commandress
subcommander
tactical air commander
undercommander
wing commander
Related terms: commandery
evensong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evensongs
Etymology: From Old English ǣfensang, equivalent to even + song.
Senses: glosses: A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening; originally, and sometimes still, an alternative name for vespers or a service combining vespers and compline.
Related terms: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
episcopal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɪs.kə.pl̩/
Forms: form: more episcopal
form: most episcopal
Etymology: From Middle English episcopal, from Late Latin episcopālis, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “watchman, overseer”).
Senses: examples: text: Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration.
ref: 1845, William Palmer, Origines Liturgicae, or, Antiquities of the English Ritual: And a Dissertation on Primitive Liturgies, 4th edition, volume 2, London: Francis & John Rivington, →OCLC, page 310:
glosses: Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.
Derived terms: alternative episcopal oversight
antiepiscopal
episcopally
nonepiscopal
unepiscopal
Related terms: word: episcopacy
word: episcopalian
word: Episcopalian
word: Episcopalianism
word: episcopy
english: unrelated
translation: unrelated
word: episcope
Uniform Code of Military Justice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The code of military law written for the use of the United States Armed Forces.
Related terms: UCMJ
dessert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈzɜːt/
enpr: dĭ-zûrt
ipa: /dɪˈzɝt/
homophone: desert stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: desserts
form: desert
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.
Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.
Senses: examples: text: I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.
text: Can I see the dessert menu, please?
glosses: The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
examples: text: Trifle is a favourite dessert of the English, but rivalled by pavlova in Australia and New Zealand.
glosses: A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
Synonyms: sense: sweet final course of a meal
word: afters
sense: sweet final course of a meal
word: pudding
sense: sweet final course of a meal
word: sweet
Derived terms: dessert bar
dessert fork
dessertful
dessert grape
dessertless
dessertlike
dessert-plate
dessertspoon
dessert spoon
dessertware
dessert wine
desserty
nondessert
predessert
episcopalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˌpɪs.kəˈpeɪ.lin̩/
Forms: form: more episcopalian
form: most episcopalian
Etymology: From episcopal + -ian.
Senses: examples: A bishop is entitled to certain episcopalian privileges.
glosses: episcopal, pertaining to a bishop of any church
glosses: Episcopalian
episcopalian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˌpɪs.kəˈpeɪ.lin̩/
Forms: form: episcopalians
Etymology: From episcopal + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Episcopalian
Derived terms: episcopalianize
nonepiscopalian
Related terms: episcopal
Episcopalian
starboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɑː.bəd/
ipa: /ˈstɑɹ.bɚd/
ipa: /ˈstaː.bəd/
Forms: form: starboards
Etymology: From Middle English sterbord, stere-bourd, stere-burd, from Old English stēorbord, from Proto-West Germanic *steurubord, equivalent to steer + board (“side (of a ship)”), referring to ancient ships with the steering oar set to the right (to accommodate right-handed crew). Ships had to dock on their left (port) side because the steering oar on the right would get in the way, which is how the left became known as the port side.
Senses: examples: text: I see another vessel off the starboard side.
text: We're on starboard tack, so the other boat has to give way.
text: Now stow the mainsail as follows, preferably with the sail still lying in the starboard cockpit: beginning at the head, fold the upper section so that the upper two battens are aligned together; then tightly roll the sail from the head down to the foot. Reinsert the sail into its bag.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “RS Quest Rigging Instructions”, in California State University, Sacramento, page 3:
synonyms: right
antonyms: port
backboard
larboard
leeboard
left
glosses: The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two.
Derived terms: starboard-side
starboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɑː.bəd/
ipa: /ˈstɑɹ.bɚd/
ipa: /ˈstaː.bəd/
Forms: form: starboards
form: starboarding
form: starboarded
form: starboarded
Etymology: From Middle English sterbord, stere-bourd, stere-burd, from Old English stēorbord, from Proto-West Germanic *steurubord, equivalent to steer + board (“side (of a ship)”), referring to ancient ships with the steering oar set to the right (to accommodate right-handed crew). Ships had to dock on their left (port) side because the steering oar on the right would get in the way, which is how the left became known as the port side.
Senses: examples: to starboard the helm
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel.
starboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɑː.bəd/
ipa: /ˈstɑɹ.bɚd/
ipa: /ˈstaː.bəd/
Forms: form: starboards
Etymology: From star + board. The earliest known use was in 2013 on Meta Stack Exchange.
Senses: examples: text: The unlimited starring power is an arguably useful feature because it enables management of the starboard with notifications and the like, but I see nothing in the informal job description of a room owner that says they have any more right to spam the room than I do.
ref: 2013 June 24, Lightness Races in Orbit, “Room owners should not be throttled in the Chat systems”, in Meta Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2015, Questions:
text: TFHRC#1 indicates a backquote in a chat message using fixed-width formatting, which is (correctly) output literally. FHRC#2 shows that the same backquote is misinterpreted by the sidebar starboard as a formatting character, wrecking the intended look and feel even more.
ref: 2014 April 7, michaelb958--GoFundMonica, “Starred fixed-width messages break in the starboard”, in Meta Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2014, Questions:
text: i also use carlbot for warnings, bans, mutes—and my starboard!!
ref: 2025 January 19, celiinna, “discord bots for servers?”, in Reddit, retrieved 05 Apr 2024, r/discordapp:
qualifier: social media
glosses: A list that shows messages starred in a community space.
examples: text: In case you don't know what a starboard is, it's basically a system used on Discord that whenever you react with a star emoji, the message is showcased inside of a #starboard channel.
ref: 2017 September 21, DimMagician, “I made a Starboard site!”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023, r/discordapp:
text: We used to do that until someone suggested adding a bot that had a starboard.
ref: 2023 July 16, MadHuarache, “About the pin limit...”, in Reddit, r/discordapp:
text: You could use a form of starboard to put messages into a read only channel, but then anyone with react permissions could theoretically add to it
ref: 2024 August 3, GroovySpookyDeadite, “Does anyone know how to make a channel just for pinned messages?”, in Reddit, r/discordapp:
qualifier: social media
glosses: A system that enables such a list.
watch in two
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The practice of having two alternate watches aboard a ship or vessel.
8N1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: shorthand for "eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit", the most common configuration for serial lines, e.g. EIA-232.
Related terms: jargon
disallow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/
ipa: /ˌdɪsəˈlæɔ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: disallows
form: disallowing
form: disallowed
form: disallowed
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: disallow
form: disallow
form: disallowed
form: disallow
form: disallowest
form: disallowed
form: disallowedst
form: disallows
form: disalloweth
form: disallowed
form: disallow
form: disallowed
form: disallow
form: disallowed
form: disallow
form: -
form: disallowing
form: disallowed
Etymology: From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow.
Senses: examples: text: The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
glosses: To refuse to allow.
examples: text: The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
text: England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.
ref: 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
topics: law
glosses: To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.
Derived terms: disallowability
disallowable
disallower
Related terms: disallowance
Tanya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːnjə/
ipa: /ˈtænjə/
ipa: /ˈtɑnjə/
rhymes: (UK) -ɑːnjə
rhymes: (UK) -ænjə
rhymes: (US) -ɑnjə
Forms: form: Tania
form: Taniya
Etymology: Borrowed in the twentieth century from the Russian pet form Та́ня (Tánja) of Татья́на (Tatʹjána, “Tatiana”).
Senses: examples: text: “Did Tanya... why, by the way, was she named Tanya? It's not a Southern name, is it?” “No,” said Fanny, “it's as Russian as Vladimir. But only a few people ever pronounced it correctly. I always did. Most people said ‘Tan-ya’, like the color tan. She and her mother hated it when that happened, and complained. I suggested they replace the a in Tan with an o, but they preferred to make a lifelong habit of correcting people.”
ref: 1989, Alice Walker, The Temple of My Familiar, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 298:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana (from Russian) or Tetyana (from Ukrainian).
Tanya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːnjə/
ipa: /ˈtænjə/
ipa: /ˈtɑnjə/
rhymes: (UK) -ɑːnjə
rhymes: (UK) -ænjə
rhymes: (US) -ɑnjə
Etymology: From Hebrew תַּנְיָא (tanyā), the first word in the book, from Aramaic תַּנְיָא (tanyā, “it was taught [in a Baraita]”).
Senses: glosses: the main work of Chabad Hassidic philosophy, formally called Likkutei Amarim, written by Shneur Zalman of Liadi, first published in 1797
imperial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əl/
Forms: form: more imperial
form: most imperial
Etymology: From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Displaced Old English cāserlīċ.
Senses: examples: text: the imperial diadem of Rome
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
examples: text: Using imperial units such as pounds makes fresh produce look cheaper than it really is, and it might be luring consumers away from frozen produce, which could possibly provide the same nutritional benefits at lower cost.
ref: 2023, Patrick Lejtenyi, Food price perception can depend on whether it is measured in imperial or metric, according to new Concordia research, Concordia University News:
glosses: Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
glosses: Very grand or fine.
glosses: Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
examples: Imperial pale ale, Imperial IPA, Imperial pilsner, Imperial milk stout, Imperial lager, Imperial mead
glosses: Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)
raw_tags: in particular
of alcohol
Synonyms: word: in old money
Derived terms: Australian pied imperial pigeon
eastern imperial eagle
extraimperial
free imperial city
Her Imperial Highness
His Imperial Highness
Imperial Aramaic
imperial circle
Imperial City
Imperial County
imperial cult
imperial cypher
imperial decree
imperial disease
imperial drill
imperial examination
imperial gallon
Imperial Highness
imperial India pale ale
imperialism
imperialist
imperialistic
imperialities
imperiality
imperialization
imperialize
imperial jade
imperial knight
imperially
imperial moth
imperialness
imperial pint
imperial prince
imperial princess
imperial-royal
imperial shag
Imperial stout
Imperial Valley
imperial we
interimperial
intraimperial
mint imperial
neo-imperial
nonimperial
postimperial
preimperial
Their Imperial Majesties
Torresian imperial pigeon
unimperial
Your Imperial Highness
Related terms: emperor
empire
empress
imperious
imperial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əl/
Forms: form: imperials
Etymology: From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Displaced Old English cāserlīċ.
Senses: glosses: A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
topics: media
printing
publishing
qualifier: paper
glosses: A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
examples: text: There are who say the sonnet's meted maze
Is all too fettered for the poet's powers,
Compelled to crowd his flush and airy flowers
Like pots of tall imperials, ill at ease.
ref: 1816, John Freeman Milward Dovaston, The Sonnet:
glosses: A crown imperial.
synonyms: royal
glosses: A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
glosses: A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
examples: text: ...and she was just in time to see Mr. Boyne Sillery hand her aunt into a carriage, jump in himself, when it drove off with a rapidity which scarcely allowed her to observe that a large imperial was on the top, and her aunt's servant, with a huge bandbox, on the dickey.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 134–135:
glosses: An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
examples: text: [T]he imperials were packed, and the post-chariot was at the door.
ref: 1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 3, in Nightmare Abbey, Hookham, published 1818:
glosses: A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
glosses: A variety of green tea.
bunyip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌnjɪp/
Forms: form: bunyips
Etymology: Borrowed from Wathaurong ban-yib.
Senses: examples: text: The bunyip here was considered to have a magical power over humans, causing them considerable misfortune. Places where there were many eels tended to be where bunyips lived, as this was their food. On one occasion, Aboriginal people claimed that a bunyip lured a woman to her death by distracting her with a large catch of eels. It was considered extremely bad luck to kill or injure a bunyip.
ref: 2007, Janet Parker, Julie Stanton, editors, Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies, page 387:
text: According to the stories, the Bunyip comes in many different shapes and sizes—some are covered in feathers, while others have scales like a crocodile. Most Aboriginal drawings show the Bunyip with a tail like a horse, and flippers and tusks like a walrus.
ref: 2008, Oliver Ho, Mysteries Unwrapped: Mutants & Monsters, page 26:
text: One particularly fierce bunyip described by Smith was well known as a man-eater throughout south Australia.
ref: 2009, David D. Gilmore, Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors, page 150:
topics: biology
cryptozoology
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
zoology
glosses: A mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons.
glosses: An imposter or con-man.
glosses: Ellipsis of bunyip bird.
Derived terms: bunyip aristocracy
bunyip bird
Related terms: yowie
on the bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: US, late 20th century, from Indiana motor racing.
Senses: examples: text: Smith was on the bubble but lost out when Jones was faster by a tenth of a second.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Holding the last qualifying position with qualification still in progress, and thus liable to lose that position.
examples: text: The Knights had been on the bubble for the tournament, but played their way in by winning their last five games.
text: Most players play pretty loose on the bubble, much looser than they theoretically should, and even if I saw an opponent sitting out a few hands, it's more likely that he just hit a run of low cards than that he turned into a locksmith at this stage.
ref: 2006, Dan Harrington, Bill Robertie, Harrington on Hold 'Em::
text: Lewis and Marc Luttrell are on the bubble because they have yet to make the timed run in Third Phase, but they make this one.
ref: 2009, Dick Couch, The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class, page 228:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Having qualification for an event depend on the upcoming performances of other competitors; hence, at risk of being eliminated, and reversely, being close to qualification; on the verge.
examples: text: The new bond issue now appears to be on the bubble, with support eroding.
glosses: Uncertain of success.
examples: text: Among other aspects of bubble measurement, the researchers were interested in measuring the size of the bubble with a laser scattering technique. A laser is shone on the bubble, which scatters the light.
ref: 2004, David D. Moon, Carbon Dating, Cold Fusion, and a Curve Ball, page 109:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, bubble.
Related terms: bubble team
bubble under
pole position
qualifiers
qualifying
bubble team
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble teams
Senses: examples: text: The Knights are everybody's favorite bubble team this year.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A team on the bubble for an upcoming tournament.
Related terms: March Madness
pole position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole positions
Etymology: See pole position § Origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Senses: examples: text: Smith once again enjoys the pole position.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line.
examples: text: The England manager and his players hardly deserve too much criticism after move into pole position in their group, but that comes with the caveat that there will be much sterner tests to come in the months ahead.
ref: 2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport:
text: It has proven that Nexus can undertake big infrastructure projects, putting it firmly in pole position to undertake the reopening of the Leamside line to Washington. [Tyne and Wear]
ref: 2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 35:
glosses: First place.
Related terms: bubble position
polesitter
inside track
racing line
bubble position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble positions
Senses: examples: text: Smith is in the bubble position, having barely beaten out Jones for the last spot.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: The bottom qualifying position in a race, on the outside of the last row at the starting line.
Related terms: on the bubble
pole position
qualifying position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qualifying positions
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: The position given at the start of a race, ranked from most favorable to least favorable, awarded according to the times achieved during qualification.
qualification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: qualifications
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. By surface analysis, qual(ify) + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
glosses: The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
examples: text: What are your qualifications for this job?
glosses: An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
glosses: A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
examples: text: I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.
text: Before a vowel (as in rib, brake) r is usually pronounced as a fricative consonant by all groups of speakers. But the qualification 'usually' is necessary, for the Negroes tend to weaken r after a consonant; and they omit it, as do illiterate white speakers, in throat, throw, through.
ref: 1937, Oma Stanley, “III. The Consonants”, in The Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2), New York: Columbia University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 7, page 63:
glosses: A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
examples: text: To shew, that these Qualfications, which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.
ref: 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees:
glosses: A quality or attribute.
Derived terms: dequalification
disqualification
misqualification
nonqualification
overqualification
paper qualification syndrome
postqualification
prequalification
qualification problem
requalification
self-qualification
underqualification
unqualification
Related terms: qualify
certification
clarification
greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grēnz
ipa: /ɡɹiːnz/
rhymes: -iːnz
Etymology: From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”).
Senses: glosses: plural of green
greens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: grēnz
ipa: /ɡɹiːnz/
rhymes: -iːnz
Etymology: From green (verb).
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of green
green party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green parties
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A political party whose principal concern is the protection of the environment.
Synonyms: greens
phish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phishes
form: phishing
form: phished
form: phished
Etymology: Back-formation from phishing.
Senses: glosses: To engage in phishing.
Related terms: spearphish
phisher
phish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phishes
Etymology: Back-formation from phishing.
Senses: glosses: A phishing attack.
phisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: fisher
fissure
Forms: form: phishers
Etymology: From phish + -er, modeled on fisher.
Senses: glosses: A person who engages in phishing attacks.
Synonyms: phisherman
Related terms: phish
spearphisher
acara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑːkəˈɹɑː/
Forms: form: acaras
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese acará, borrowed from Old Tupi akará, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akara.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of Central American and South American freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae.
Derived terms: blue acara
zebra acara
jetsam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛt.səm/
enpr: jĕtˈ-səm
Forms: form: jetsams
Etymology: From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison.
Senses: examples: text: There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.
glosses: Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load.
examples: text: They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.
text: STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
ref: 1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2024:
glosses: Discarded or leftover odds and ends.
Derived terms: flotsam and jetsam
Related terms: flotsam
flotsam and jetsam
lagan
derelict
salvage