cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fluː/
ipa: /flʉː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: flew
homophone: flue
Forms: form: flus
form: 'flu
form: floo
Etymology: Clipping of influenza
Senses: examples: text: catch flu
text: get over the flu
text: transmit flu
text: He missed work because he caught the flu.
text: Every winter, doctors warn about seasonal flu.
text: She felt like she had the flu, with aches and fever.
glosses: Influenza.
glosses: Stomach flu.
Synonyms: sense: influenza
word: grippe
sense: influenza
word: grip
Derived terms: 24-hour flu
antiflu
Asian flu
avian flu
benzo flu
bird flu
blue flu
brown bottle flu
camel flu
carb flu
cocktail flu
con flu
diplomatic flu
Egyptian flu
Ekka flu
fluey
flu friend
fluish
flulike
Flu Manchu
flu mask
flunami
flu party
flurona
flu shot
freshers' flu
fuck flu
gastric flu
hog flu
Hong Kong flu
keto flu
kung flu
man flu
Mexican flu
Navajo flu
pig flu
piggy flu
Russian flu
Spanish flu
stomach flu
superflu
swine flu
Teflon flu
tomato flu
Wu flu
Wuhan flu
yuppie flu
Related terms: word: catarrh
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: flu-flu
flue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fluː/
ipa: /fljuː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: flew
homophone: flu
Forms: form: flues
Etymology: From Middle English flue, flewe (“mouthpiece of a hunting horn”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a back-formation from Middle English *flews (mistaken as a plural), from Old English flēwsa (“a flow, flowing, flux”). Alternatively, perhaps an alteration of Middle English floute, fleute, flote (“a pipe”), see English flute. Compare also Middle Dutch vloegh (“groove, channel, flute of a fluted column”).
Senses: examples: text: It has frequently been a subject of inquiry, whether the ancients were acquainted with chimneys, or open fire-places. In the houses discovered at Herculaneum and Pompeii, there are no chimneys; they all appear to have been warmed by furnaces and flues.
ref: 1815, Robertson Buchanan, A Treatise on the Economy of Fuel, and Management of Heat, Especially as it Relates to Heating and Drying by Means of Steam, Appendix, p. 307.:
text: Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues. If variety is the spice of life, then there was plenty here.
ref: 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:
glosses: A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
glosses: An enclosed passageway in which to direct a current of air or other gases along.
glosses: A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
glosses: In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
Related terms: balanced flue
flued
flue-faker
flue gas
flueless
fluelike
flue pipe
fluework
fluey
fluff
hot-flue
multiflue
open flue
flue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fluː/
ipa: /fljuː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: flew
homophone: flu
Forms: form: more flue
form: most flue
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flew (“shallow, flat”).
furnace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɝnɪs/
ipa: /ˈfɜːnɪs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪs
Forms: form: furnaces
Etymology: From Middle English forneys, from Old French fornais (French fournaise), from Latin fornāx.
Senses: examples: text: Plans for the next phase include furnaces capable of inert atmospheres and partial vacuums.
glosses: An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
examples: text: HVAC services include furnace maintenance.
coordinate_terms: heater
space heater
glosses: A device that provides heat for a building.
examples: text: The busy kitchen became a sweltering furnace.
glosses: Any area that is excessively hot.
examples: text: forged in the furnace of fierce competition
text: For the Lorde toke you and broughte you out of the yernen fornace of Egipte, to be vnto him a people of enheritaunce, as it is come to paſſe this daye.
ref: 1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Deuteronomye iiij:[20], folio IX, recto:
text: For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.
ref: 1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, Supplement:
glosses: A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
Hyponyms: almond furnace
almond-furnace
athanor
blast furnace
Catalan furnace
converting furnace
electric arc furnace
industrial furnace
ladle furnace
muffle furnace
muffler furnace
open hearth furnace
Pernot furnace
philosophical furnace
reduction furnace
regenerative furnace
reverberatory furnace
semimuffle furnace
shaft furnace
Derived terms: doré furnace
franklinfurnaceite
Furnace Creek
furnacelike
furnaceman
furnacer
furnacey
Mannheim furnace
microfurnace
nonfurnace
Phurnacite
Rockhill Furnace
smoke like a furnace
Stetefeldt furnace
there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
furnace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɝnɪs/
ipa: /ˈfɜːnɪs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪs
Forms: form: furnaces
form: furnacing
form: furnaced
form: furnaced
Etymology: From Middle English forneys, from Old French fornais (French fournaise), from Latin fornāx.
Senses: glosses: To heat in a furnace.
glosses: To exhale like a furnace.
heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hēt
ipa: /hiːt/
enpr: hēt
ipa: /hit/
rhymes: -iːt
rhymes: -iːt
enpr: hēt
ipa: /hiːt/
enpr: hēt
ipa: /hit/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: heats
form: heating
form: heated
form: heated
form: heat
form: heat
form: het
form: het
Etymology: From Middle English heten, from Old English hǣtan (“to heat; become hot”), from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną (“to heat, make hot”).
Senses: examples: text: I'll heat up the water.
glosses: To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
examples: text: There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
glosses: To become hotter.
examples: text: Ile leaue you my ſweete Ladie, for a while, pray walke ſoftly, doe not heate your bloud, what, I muſt haue care of you.
ref: c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
examples: text: A noble emulation heats your breaſt, / And your own fame now robs you of your reſt.
ref: a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “To His Sacred Majesty. A Panegyric on his Coronation.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume I, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 34:
glosses: To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
examples: text: The massage heated her up.
glosses: To arouse, to excite (sexually).
Synonyms: stoke
warm up
heat up
hot up
hot
Derived terms: deheat
desuperheat
foreheat
heatability
heatable
heat-and-eat
heater
heat through
heat up
overheat
preheat
reheat
resuperheat
self-heating
steam-heat
superheat
ultraheat
underheat
heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hēt
ipa: /hiːt/
enpr: hēt
ipa: /hit/
rhymes: -iːt
rhymes: -iːt
enpr: hēt
rhymes: -iːt
enpr: hĕt
ipa: /hɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
homophone: het
enpr: hēt
ipa: /hiːt/
enpr: hēt
ipa: /hit/
rhymes: -iːt
rhymes: -iːt
Etymology: Either an alternative spelling of het (“heated”), a continuation of late Middle English heet, het (an analogical simple past of heten (“to heat”) created on the basis of bet, the past tense of beten (“to beat”)), or a later analogical formation from the past forms of beten's modern reflex beat.
Senses: examples: text: Then was Nebuchad-nezzár ful of rage, and the forme of his viſage was changed againſt Shadrách, Meſhach, & Abednegó: therefore he charged and commanded that they ſhulde heate the fornace at once ſeuen ⁱtimes more then it was wonte to be heate.
ref: 1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: […] Rouland Hall, →OCLC, Daniél III:19, folio 358, verso:
text: The Iron of it ſelfe, though heate red hot, / Approaching neere theſe eyes, would drinke my teares, / And quench this fierie indignation, / Euen in the matter of mine innocence.
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14, column 1:
text: HEAT, for heated, is in popular use and pronounced het; but it is not elegant.
ref: [1828, Noah Webster, “Heat”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […] , volumes I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe, →OCLC:
glosses: simple past and past participle of heat
factory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæk.tə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈfæk.tɹi/
ipa: /ˈfæk.tɚ.i/
ipa: /ˈfæk.tɹi/
rhymes: -æktəɹi
rhymes: -æktɹi
Etymology: From factor + y.
Compare Middle French factorie; Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria, Dutch factorij.
Senses: examples: text: See how there's another layer of metal there? That's not factory.
qualifier: part
glosses: Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
raw_tags: of a configuration
last night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He said he didn't get any sleep last night and I know he hadn't gotten much the previous night.
text: Last night was wonderful. Can I see you again?
glosses: The evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Synonyms: yesterday night
yestereve and list of other synonyms there
last night
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: We partied last night.
glosses: during the previous day’s nighttime; during the night before today (This entry is a translation hub.)
Related terms: the night before last
tonight
after dark
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: After nightfall; at night.
Related terms: at dark
before dark
after dark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: after darks
Senses: glosses: A bookmaker's clerk.
glosses: A shark.
glosses: An 18+ account of a content creator, typically on Twitter (X).
at dark
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: During nightfall.
Related terms: after dark
before dark
before dark
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I think you should finish mowing the lawn before dark.
coordinate_terms: after dark
at dark
before dawn
glosses: Before night begins to fall.
topsail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑp.seɪl/
ipa: /ˈtɑp.səl/
ipa: /ˈtɒp.seɪl/
ipa: /ˈtɒp.səl/
Forms: form: topsails
Etymology: From Middle English topsail, topsayl, topseyle, topsaill, equivalent to top + sail.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.
Derived terms: club topsail
gaff-topsail
Gaff Topsail
testa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛstə/
rhymes: -ɛstə
Forms: form: testas
form: testae
form: testæ
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin testa.
Senses: examples: text: The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.
text: The seeds are furnished with a reticulated testa, very much in appearance like that of the seeds of two closely-allied pericarps in the cabinet of my friend Mr. Ward, of Wellclose-square, the names of which I have been unable to obtain, but which present strong evidence of belonging to the Malvaceæ.
ref: 1840, James Scott Bowerbank, A History of the Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the London Clay, page 30:
text: 1969, C. W. Bennett, Seed Transmission of Plant Viruses, Alison Smith, Advances in Virus Research, Volume 14, page 224,
In tests with the Lincoln and Virginia varieties of cowpea, Crowley (1959) found that, in plants infected with bean southern mosaic virus before blossoming, the virus was present in nearly 100% of the testae and endosperms of seeds of both varieties, but could not be detected in the embryos.
text: Thus, two conditions must be satisfied for the testas to have this effect: contact between the testas and the radicle, and the presence of at least half of the testas.
ref: 1977, Commonwealth Scientific, Industrial Research Organization, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, page 354:
text: 2005, D. W. Dickson, D. De Waele, Nematode Parasites of Peanut, Michel Luc, Richard A. Sikora, John Bridge, Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Subtropical and Tropical Agriculture, page 419,
A. arachidis is a parasite of pods, testae, roots and hypocotyls, but not the cotyledons, embryos or other parts of the plant (Bos, 1977a; Bridge et al., 1977).
text: One of the most remarkable features of cultivated beans is the enormous range of testa colours and patterns which can be found.
ref: 2007, J. Smartt, “Evolution of American Phaseolus beans under domestication”, in Peter John Ucko, G. W. Dimbleby, editors, The Domestication and Exploitation of Plants and Animals, page 458:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A seed coat.
qualifier: marine biology
glosses: The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.
wind instrument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wind instruments
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
hyponyms: woodwind instrument
brass instrument
coordinate_terms: stringed instrument
glosses: Any musical instrument that produces sound when air flows through it.
Derived terms: wind instrumentalist
gnu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /njuː/
ipa: /njuː/
ipa: /ɡəˈnuː/
ipa: /ɡəˈnjuː/
ipa: /nuː/
ipa: /njuː/
homophone: new
homophone: nu
homophone: knew
homophone: GNU (UK)
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: gnus
form: gnu
Etymology: Borrowed from Khoekhoe ǃnu:, of unknown origin, likely onomatopoeic of the grunt-type noise of the gnu.
Senses: synonyms: wildebeest
glosses: A large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa, having curved horns.
Derived terms: gnu goat
esoteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌiː.səʊˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌɛs.əˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌɛs.oʊˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
enpr: ěsətěr'ĭk
enpr: ěsōtěr'ĭk
ipa: /ˌɛs.oʊˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌiː.səˈteɹ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌes.əˈteɹ.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪk
Forms: form: more esoteric
form: most esoteric
form: esoterick
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós, “belonging to an inner circle”), from ἐσωτέρω (esōtérō, “further inside”), comparative of ἔσω (ésō, “within”), from ἐς (es), εἰς (eis, “into”) (the term esoteric referred originally to the secret teachings of Greek philosophers, versus public or exoteric ones).
Senses: examples: text: The writing in this manual is very esoteric; I’d need a degree in engineering just to understand it!
text: In this situation Hitler availed himself of a time-honored device-the use of esoteric language. In all periods of history, when government or society has put limits on public discussion, those who wish to circumvent censorship resort to the use of esoteric language. Exoterically understood, the text is unexceptionable, but to the insiders who know how to interpret the words, the message is revolutionary and dangerous to the status quo.
ref: 1975, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, The War Against the Jews 1933-1945:
synonyms: arcane
recondite
acroamatic
glosses: Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
examples: text: When he spoke to me of esoteric mysteries I wanted to say to him,"Don't give me that spiritual hokum, friend!"
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 278:
synonyms: cerebral
glosses: Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.
examples: text: an esoteric purpose
text: an esoteric meeting
synonyms: secretive
glosses: Confidential; private.
Derived terms: esoteric programming language
nonesoteric
unesoteric
Related terms: esoterica
esoterically
esotericism
esotericist
esoterism
esoteric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌiː.səʊˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌɛs.əˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌɛs.oʊˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
enpr: ěsətěr'ĭk
enpr: ěsōtěr'ĭk
ipa: /ˌɛs.oʊˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌiː.səˈteɹ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌes.əˈteɹ.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪk
Forms: form: esoterics
form: esoterick
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós, “belonging to an inner circle”), from ἐσωτέρω (esōtérō, “further inside”), comparative of ἔσω (ésō, “within”), from ἐς (es), εἰς (eis, “into”) (the term esoteric referred originally to the secret teachings of Greek philosophers, versus public or exoteric ones).
Senses: glosses: An esoteric doctrine or treatise; esoteric philosophy.
glosses: One who believes, or is an initiate, in esoteric doctrines or rites.
Related terms: exoterism
metaphysical
occult
paranormal
supernatural
theoretical
acetyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsiːtaɪl/
ipa: /əˈsiːtɪl/
ipa: /ˈæsətɪl/
ipa: /əˈsiːtɪl/
Forms: form: acetyls
Etymology: From Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “substance”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: ethanoyl
glosses: The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.
Derived terms: acebutolol
acetamide
acetergamine
acetoacetyl
acetylacetone
acetyladenylate
acetylajmaline
acetylaminen
acetylamino
acetylase
acetylate
acetylbenzoate
acetylbenzoic
acetylbiuret
acetyl bromide
acetylcarbazole
acetylcarbromal
acetylcarnitine
acetylcellulose
acetylchitooligosaccharide
acetyl chloride
acetylcholine
acetylcholinesterase
acetyl CoA
acetyl-CoA carboxylase
acetyl-CoA synthetase
acetyl coenzyme A
acetylcyanide
acetylcysteine
acetyldigitoxin
acetyldigoxin
acetylene
acetylenediurein
acetylesterase
acetylferrocene
acetylfluoride
acetylgalactosamide
acetylgalactosamine
acetylglucomannan
acetylglucosaminyl
acetylhydrolase
acetylic
acetylide
acetyliodide
acetylisoquinoline
acetyllactosamine
acetylleucine
acetyllysine
acetylmannosamine
acetylmethadol
acetylmethionine
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmuramic
acetylmuramidase
acetylmuramyl
acetylneuraminic
acetylome
acetylornithine
acetyloxy
acetylperoxide
acetylphenol
acetylphenylhydrazine
acetylpolyamine
acetylproteome
acetylpyridine
acetylpyrroline
acetylrosaniline
acetylsalicylate
acetylsalicylic
acetylsalol
acetylserotonin
acetylspermidine
acetylspermine
acetyltannic
acetyltannic acid
acetylthiocholine
acetylthymol
acetyltransfer
acetyltransferase
acetyltropeine
acetylurea
acetylxylan
azidoacetyl
cyanoacetyl
deacetyltransferase
diacetyl
diacetylverrucarol
diphenylacetyl
etacepride
guacetisal
hexaacetylmannitol
iocetamic acid
monoacetyl
N-acetyl-dihydroxyhomotyrosine
N-acetyl-p-aminophenol
tetraacetylethylenediamine
thioacetyl
triacetyloleandomycin
ulipristal
Related terms: alt: aceto-
word: acet-
flammable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæməbəl/
Forms: form: more flammable
form: most flammable
Etymology: Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.
Senses: examples: text: flammable liquid
synonyms: inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
;
combustible
antonyms: inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
;
non-flammable
nonflammable
noninflammable
unflammable
uninflammable
;
fireproof
incombustible
glosses: Capable of burning.
synonyms: inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
hypernyms: combustible
;
dangerous
hazardous
antonyms: inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
;
non-flammable
nonflammable
noninflammable
unflammable
uninflammable
;
fireproof
incombustible
coordinate_terms: volatile
glosses: Easily set on fire.
synonyms: inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
hypernyms: combustible
;
dangerous
hazardous
antonyms: inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
;
non-flammable
nonflammable
noninflammable
unflammable
uninflammable
;
fireproof
incombustible
coordinate_terms: volatile
glosses: Easily set on fire.
Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.
examples: text: In considering the possible commitment of U.S. forces to South Vietnam , the Joint Chiefs of Staff have reviewed the overall critical situation in Southeast Asia with particular emphasis upon the present highly flammable situation in South Vietnam.
ref: 1971, United States. Department of Defense, United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967, page 42:
text: They could stuff their ears with cotton, but they could not, after all, fight such flammable ideas ( at least not in the public squares where Attucks's war whoops could still be heard ).
ref: 2002, Gregory Toledo, The Hanging of Old Brown, page 27:
text: With her play Diamond Lil, she discovered a way to sneak her flammable subject matter past the censors.
ref: 2004, Elizabeth Prioleau, Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love:
text: King's words touch on a higher law of leadership, that the solution to a sensitive and highly contentious and even flammable situation often lies in doing the opposite of what is expected and even perceived as normal or 'natural'.
ref: 2015, Adriaan Groenewald, Seamless Leadership: A passion to perform in South Africa:
text: Evelyn realized that Adam's flammable words and angry eyes were only the form of his untold pain, holding the strongest words of his heart, unspoken.
ref: 2021, Esra Gultakin, In the Shallows: Awaken Your Mind:
glosses: Very likely to cause fighting or controversy; extremely contentious.
Derived terms: flammably
flammable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæməbəl/
Forms: form: flammables
Etymology: Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.
Senses: glosses: Any flammable substance.
gasoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæs.ə.liːn/
ipa: /ɡæsl̩ˈin/
ipa: /ɡæsˈlin/
ipa: [ɡæˈsɵlin]
ipa: [ɡæsɵˈlin]
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: gasolines
form: gasolene
Etymology: From gas + -ol (suffix used in the names of oils) + -ine (suffix used in the names of derivatives). So called because it was originally used in the manufacture and enrichment of domestic gases, such as air gas.
Senses: examples: text: You can't put gasoline in this car. This car takes diesel fuel.
text: […] naphtha of specific gravity exceeding eighty degrees […] and of the kind usually known as gasoline, shall be subject to a tax of five per centum ad valorem.
ref: 1864, Congress of the United States, Internal Revenue Act §94:
text: So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
ref: 1991, Backdraft, Robert DeNiro (actor):
text: Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
ref: 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, “New Jersey Continues to Cope with Hurricane Sandy”, in New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012:
glosses: A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.
examples: text: He was trying to invent a cleaner-burning gasoline.
text: The refinery produces a wide range of gasolines.
glosses: Any specific kind of this fuel.
synonyms: gas
glosses: Marijuana, especially very potent or of high quality.
glosses: An alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink.
Synonyms: word: gas
word: petrol
Hyponyms: autogas
mogas
avgas
Derived terms: word: biogasoline
word: gas
word: gasahol
word: gasohol
word: gasoline-equivalent gallon
word: gasoline gallon equivalent
word: gasolineless
word: gasolinelike
word: gasoliner
word: gasoline stand
word: gasoline station
word: gasolinic
word: grassoline
word: natural gasoline
word: nongasoline
word: polygasoline
word: pour gasoline on the fire
word: reformulated gasoline
word: throw gasoline on the fire
gasoline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæs.ə.liːn/
ipa: /ɡæsl̩ˈin/
ipa: /ɡæsˈlin/
ipa: [ɡæˈsɵlin]
ipa: [ɡæsɵˈlin]
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: gasolene
Etymology: From gas + -ol (suffix used in the names of oils) + -ine (suffix used in the names of derivatives). So called because it was originally used in the manufacture and enrichment of domestic gases, such as air gas.
Senses: examples: text: If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
glosses: Made from or using gasoline.
combustion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈbʌs.t͡ʃən/
Forms: form: combustions
Etymology: From Old French combustion, from Latin combustio, from comburere (“to burn”), itself from the intensifying prefix com- + the root burere (a faulty sep. of amburere "to burn around", itself from ambi- + urere "to burn, singe"); equivalent to combust + -ion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The act or process of burning.
glosses: A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
glosses: A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
examples: text: From this ground, with a kind of loose scorn, he continues the French Correspondence, and secretly contriveth a continuance of the Scotish Rebellion. He omits no Act of Contempt against the antient Nobility, that they might in the sence of their disgrace be, or at least dayly threaten some new Combustion.
ref: c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 32:
text: There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university.
ref: c. 1665, John Worthington, “The Works of the Pious and Profoundly-learned Joseph Mede”, in Life, The Author:
text: Him the Almighty Power / Hurld headlong flaming from th' Etherial Skie / With hideous Ruine and combustion down / To bottomless perdition, there to dwell / In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire, / Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 44–49:
text: But say from whence this new combustion springs.
ref: 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
qualifier: dated or archaicizing
glosses: Violent agitation, tumult.
Synonyms: sense: act or process of burning
word: incineration
sense: act or process of burning
word: cremation
Hyponyms: deflagration
detonation
Derived terms: autocombustion
combustionary
combustion chamber
combustion engine
combustion triangle
internal combustion
internal combustion engine
internal-combustion engine
moxibustion
noncombustion
postcombustion
pre-combustion
precombustion
recombustion
spontaneous combustion
spontaneous human combustion
Related terms: combustible
combustive
combustor
computer architecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: computer architectures
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The conceptual structure around which a given computer is designed.
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The science of computer design.
punch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /pʌnʃ/
rhymes: -ʌntʃ
Forms: form: punches
form: punching
form: punched
form: punched
Etymology: From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”).
Senses: examples: text: If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.
glosses: To strike with one's fist.
glosses: To herd.
raw_tags: of cattle
examples: text: As night watchman he was required to punch a watchman's clock; the stations were scattered all over the place.
ref: 1922, William Otis Badger, editor, The Workmen's compensation law journal, volume 10, page 129:
text: The patrol clock and punch key system made sure that crewmen completed their patrols. At the far end of his patrol, he used a key to punch his clock and start the return trip.
ref: 2000, William D. Peterson, United States Life-Saving Service in Michigan, page 106:
text: Another shipmate remembered the watch clock on the strap we had to carry to punching stations. He was assigned to a guard shack. He had rounds to the Officer's Club and sleeping quarters where he'd have to punch the clock at different stations.
ref: 2007, Dick Juge, The Historic Northwest Passage and the CGC Storis, page 27:
glosses: To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
glosses: To enter (information) on a device or system.
examples: text: He punched a hit into shallow left field.
glosses: To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
examples: text: So I punched a hole in the roof, ah-ah, ah-ah
Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you
ref: 2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Imogen Heap, “Clean (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift, published 27 October 2023:
glosses: To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
examples: text: to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow
glosses: To thrust against; to poke.
glosses: Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.
qualifier: winemaking
glosses: To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
examples: text: Getting a little tired of you punching that word.
glosses: To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
Synonyms: sense: To strike with the fist
word: box
sense: To strike with the fist
word: slug
Derived terms: prepunch
punch above one's weight
punchbag
punch below one's weight
punch down
punched tape
punching bag
punch someone's lights out
punch someone's ticket
punch the air
punch up
punch upward
punch upwards
punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /pʌnʃ/
rhymes: -ʌntʃ
Forms: form: punches
Etymology: Shortened form of puncheon, from Middle English punchoun, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”).
Senses: glosses: A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
glosses: A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
glosses: A hole or opening created with a punch.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
piledriving
glosses: An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
glosses: A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
Derived terms: bell punch
centerpunch
centre punch
centrepunch
hole punch
nail punch
paper punch
three-hole punch
two-hole punch
punch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /pʌnʃ/
rhymes: -ʌntʃ
Forms: form: punches
form: punching
form: punched
form: punched
Etymology: Shortened form of puncheon, from Middle English punchoun, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”).
Senses: glosses: To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
examples: text: The guard performs athletic feats in jumping from coach to coach while the train is in motion, taking orders for tickets, punching them on a bell punch in his van, and then returning to distribute them to passengers.
ref: 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 842:
glosses: To mark a ticket.
Hypernyms: sense: to create a hole
word: perforate
sense: to create a hole
word: pierce
Derived terms: punch in
punch out
punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /pʌnʃ/
rhymes: -ʌntʃ
Forms: form: punches
form: punce
form: pince
Etymology: PIE word
 *pénkʷe
From Hindi पाँच (pā̃c, “five”)/Urdu پانچ (pānc), because of the drink's original five ingredients (spirits, water, lemon juice, sugar, and spice), from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan). Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.
Senses: glosses: A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
Derived terms: fruit punch
groundhog punch
punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /pʌnʃ/
rhymes: -ʌntʃ
Forms: form: punches
Etymology: From Punch.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /pʌnʃ/
rhymes: -ʌntʃ
Forms: form: punches
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps shortened from puncheon (compare German Punze, Punzen (“cask; short fat person or thing”)) or Punchinello.
Senses: examples: text: Here I did make the workmen drink, and saw my coach cleaned and oyled; and, staying among poor people there in the alley, did hear them call their fat child Punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short.
ref: [1669 May 10 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “April 30th, 1669”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume VIII, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1896, →OCLC, page 310:
text: The company at the maſquerade on May 13, at the Pantheon, was not ſo numerous as uſual. However, there were ſome very good dreſſes, and the characters well ſupported; in particular a punch, who afforded great entertainment.
ref: 1774 May, “Masquerade Intelligence”, in The Covent-Garden Magazine; or, Amorous Repository: […], volume III, London: […] [F]or the Authors; and sold by G. Allen, […], →OCLC, page 182, column 2:
text: He rides a low poney when on parade and his dress being of the fassion some forty years ago, he has a drole appearance. He has acquired the cognomen of “Punch on a Pig.”
ref: c. 1809, William Wheeler, edited by B[asil] H[enry] Liddell Hart, The Letters of Private Wheeler, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, published 1952, →OCLC, page 2:
text: Now the effigies makes Robert to have been a juvenile figure of the best height, 5 f. 10 inch.; taller or shorter men being generally ill-made, knock-kneed, or Punches.
ref: 1836 January 10, T[homas] D[udley] Fosbroke, “[Monument of Robert [Curthose] Duke of Normandy]”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume V (New Series), London: William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols and Son, published March 1836, →OCLC, page 241, column 2:
glosses: A short fat person.
raw_tags: in later use
Derived terms: punchy
punch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /pʌnʃ/
rhymes: -ʌntʃ
Forms: form: more punch
form: most punch
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps shortened from puncheon (compare German Punze, Punzen (“cask; short fat person or thing”)) or Punchinello.
Senses: examples: text: Taken away from two Grooms on Monday the 16th inſtant, in the great Road that leads to Epping from London in Epping-Foreſt, a little gray punch Stoned Horſe, hath all his paces, thorn mane, bob tailed, marked with I. S. on the near ſhoulder, about 14 hands.
ref: 1679 June 19–23, The London Gazette, number 1418, London: […] Tho[mas] Newcomb […], →OCLC, page [2], column 2:
text: They are generally very much prejudiced in favour of their own Race, whoſe Beauty they think conſiſts in having little Eyes ſunk deep in the Head, black thick Brows, a large flat Noſe and Face, and a ſhort punch Shape, eſpecially for the Women; […]
ref: 1723, A[ubry] De La Mottraye, “A Journey into Akerman-Ozakovian-Crim- and Noghaian-Tartaries, Circassia, &c.”, in A. De La Motraye’s Travels through Europe, Asia, and into Part of Africa; […], volume II, London: […] [F]or the Author, →OCLC, page 25:
text: The sexton and his companion had been employed as carpenters on the preparations for the celebrated Stratford Jubilee; and they remembered Garrick, the prime mover of the fête, who superintended the arrangements; and who, according to the sexton, was “a short punch man, very lively and bustling.”
ref: 1820 September 13, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Stratford-on-Avon”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number VII, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 62:
glosses: Short and thickset.
raw_tags: in later use
inflammable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnʹflăm-ə-bəl
ipa: /ɪnˈflæməbəl/
Forms: form: more inflammable
form: most inflammable
Etymology: From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.
Senses: synonyms: flammable
combustible
antonyms: nonflammable
noninflammable
unflammable
uninflammable
;
fireproof
incombustible
glosses: Capable of burning.
examples: text: On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies flaring furiously, the material with which they were preserved having rendered them so inflammable that the flames would literally spout out of the ears and mouth in tongues of fire a foot or more in length.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
synonyms: flammable
antonyms: nonflammable
noninflammable
unflammable
uninflammable
;
fireproof
incombustible
glosses: Easily set on fire.
synonyms: hot-headed
quick to anger
antonyms: level-headed
unflappable
glosses: Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
synonyms: nonflammable
noninflammable
unflammable
uninflammable
;
fireproof
incombustible
antonyms: flammable
combustible
glosses: Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire.
Derived terms: inflammableness
inflammably
Related terms: inflame
inflammability
inflammable air
inflammable cinnabar
inflammation
inflammable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnʹflăm-ə-bəl
ipa: /ɪnˈflæməbəl/
Forms: form: inflammables
Etymology: From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.
Senses: glosses: Any inflammable substance.
nonflammable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-flammable
Etymology: From non- + flammable.
Senses: glosses: Not combustible.
glosses: Not easily set on fire.
Synonyms: noninflammable
unflammable
uninflammable
nonflammable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonflammables
form: non-flammable
Etymology: From non- + flammable.
Senses: glosses: Any nonflammable substance.
Christmas lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas light
Christmas Eve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Christmas Eves
Etymology: From Middle English Cristemasse eve, from an assumed Old English *Cristes mæsseǣfen.
Senses: glosses: The evening before Christmas Day.
examples: text: This Collect is to be repeated every day with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-Eve.
ref: 1681, Church of England, The book of common prayer:
text: With trembling fingers did we weave
⁠The holly round the Chrismas hearth;
⁠A rainy cloud possess’d the earth,
And sadly fell our Christmas-eve.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 48:
text: Why was the cock supposed to crow all Christmas Eve ("The bird of dawning singeth all night long")?
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 27:
text: The family celebrated Christmas Eves together in the military stockade, sleeping on mattresses on the floor of Ninoy’s cell.
ref: 1986, The Philippine Journal of Education, volume 65, page 38, column 1:
text: Brad led Matthew into the family room where they celebrated Christmas Eves and told Matthew, “Papa’s gone. He’s in heaven, and we’ll never see him again.”
ref: 2015, Rhoda G. Penny, chapter 7, in An Extra Ordinary Life, Mustang, Okla.: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC, →ISBN, page 62:
text: And I was mourning the future, too. That Wally wouldn’t spend Christmas Eves with both of his parents, dressed up like a Santa or a Christmas pudding, overindulged in the morning.
ref: 2017, Gillian McAllister, Everything but the Truth, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 294:
text: In 1965, all Coventry's banks closed at noon on Christmas Eve for the first time, to "enable bank staff to get away at a reasonable time". […] On Christmas Day itself there will be no trains, for recent experience has shown that few wish to travel then, even on services which had been drastically reduced: earlier closing of shops and offices on Christmas Eve is the chief reason for this change in the pattern of travel.
ref: 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 30:
glosses: The day before Christmas Day.
Related terms: Boxing Day
St. Stephen's Day
fruitcake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹuːt.keɪk/
Forms: form: fruitcakes
form: fruit-cake
form: fruit cake
Etymology: Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitcake, was first attested in c. 1952.
Senses: glosses: A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
examples: text: Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake.
ref: 1952, Mickey Spillane, Kiss me Deadl, page 7:
text: One of the loafers kept calling down, "Hey you, Blondie, you like fruitcake kids like that?"
ref: 1962, Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, New York: Signet, published 1963, page 205:
text: "Ukip is sort of a bunch of … fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly," Mr Cameron told LBC radio.
ref: 2006 April 4, Ros Taylor, quoting David Cameron, “Cameron refuses to apologise to Ukip”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A crazy or eccentric person.
synonyms: fruit
glosses: A homosexual male.
Derived terms: fruitcakey
Related terms: mince pie
North Pole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the North Pole
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole; the point which north is oriented towards, and therefore the northernmost point on Earth (having a latitude of 90°).
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The Magnetic North Pole of Earth.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The Geomagnetic North Pole of Earth.
North Pole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Alaska.
glosses: A hamlet in New York.
Derived terms: North Pole of inaccessibility
South Pole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaʊθ ˈpəʊl/
ipa: /ˌsaʊθ ˈpoʊl/
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole; the point which south is oriented towards, and therefore the southernmost point on Earth (having a latitude of -90°).
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The Magnetic South Pole of Earth.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The Geomagnetic South Pole of Earth.
Coordinate terms: North Pole
venal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːnəl/
rhymes: -iːnəl
Forms: form: more venal
form: most venal
Etymology: From Latin vēna (“vein”) + -al.
Senses: glosses: Venous; pertaining to veins.
venal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːnəl/
rhymes: -iːnəl
Forms: form: more venal
form: most venal
Etymology: Borrowed from French vénal, from Old French venel, from Latin vēnālis (“for sale”), from vēnum (“something for sale”); compare English vend.
Senses: synonyms: purchasable
glosses: For sale; available for purchase.
examples: text: Thus, regimental commands in the army were – as with the judiciary or the financial bureaucracy – venal posts, which were purchased, bequeathed and sold among the nobility.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 140:
glosses: Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.
synonyms: crooked
antonyms: straight
honest
uncorrupt
glosses: Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.
examples: text: Though there is a disposition in mankind, to declaim against the corruption and peculation of the present times, as being more venal than formerly; yet, if we look back to different periods, we shall find statesmen and politicians, as selfish and corrupt, […] as those who have lately figured on the political stage.
ref: 1785, The Times, 9 Feb 1785, page 1, column C
glosses: Corrupt, mercenary.
raw_tags: of behaviour etc.
Related terms: word: venality
word: venally
snowstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnəʊstɔːm/
rhymes: -əʊstɔːm
Forms: form: snowstorms
form: snow storm
form: snow-storm
Etymology: From earlier snow-storm, snow storm, equivalent to snow + storm. Compare Scots snawstorm (“snowstorm”), Saterland Frisian Sneestoarm (“snowstorm”), West Frisian sniestoarm (“snowstorm”), Dutch sneeuwstorm (“snowstorm”), German Low German Sneestorm (“snowstorm”), German Schneesturm (“snowstorm”), Danish snestorm (“snowstorm”), Swedish snöstorm (“snowstorm”), Icelandic snjóstormur (“snowstorm”). Compare also Middle English storm of snow (“snowstorm”).
Senses: examples: text: Dined at Melville Castle, whither I went through a snow-storm.
ref: 1826 November 28 (date written), Walter Scott, “[Entry dated 28 November 1826]”, in David Douglas, editor, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott […], volume I, Edinburgh: David Douglas, published 1890, →OCLC, page 24:
glosses: Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
examples: text: As we made our way down, my eye was caught by a snowstorm—one of those little glass balls, with a baby cottage inside.
ref: 1947, Dornford Yates, The Berry Scene, Ward, Lock & Co., 273:
glosses: A snow globe.
Synonyms: sense: bad weather
word: blizzard
sense: snow globe
word: snowdome
sense: snow globe
word: snow globe
Derived terms: snowstormy