cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
togs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒɡz
Senses: examples: text: 'Look at his togs, Fagin!' said Charley, putting the light so close to his new jacket as nearly to set him on fire. 'Look at his togs! Superfine cloth, and the heavy swell cut! Oh, my eye, what a game! And his books, too! Nothing but a gentleman, Fagin!'
ref: 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 16, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:
text: And the costumes looked like workout togs.
ref: 2016, San Francisco Examiner:
glosses: Clothes.
examples: text: gardening togs, swimming togs
glosses: Clothes for a specific occasion or use.
raw_tags: with noun qualifier
glosses: Swimsuits, of either the women's or men's tight-fitting type (in some regions referred to as "speedos").
Synonyms: sense: clothes for specific occasion or use
word: bathers
sense: clothes for specific occasion or use
word: cossie
sense: clothes for specific occasion or use
word: swimmers
Derived terms: dick togs
long-togs
togs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒɡz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tog
jobless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From job + -less.
Senses: examples: text: a jobless man
text: The government announced a new initiative to help the jobless.
text: The report was slightly gloomier than in June, when unemployment rates eased in more than half of all U.S. states for a third straight month and only five states reported jobless rate increases.
ref: 2010 August 20, Blake Ellis, “Unemployment rates rise in 14 states”, in CNN Money:
glosses: Lacking employment.
examples: text: ― I’m showing him our texts with her, the liar.
― Bro, that is so jobless!
glosses: Having too much time on one's hands; having nothing better to do.
Synonyms: unemployed
Derived terms: joblessly
joblessness
white truffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white truffles
Etymology: From white + truffle from being a truffle with a lightish appearance, lighter than that of black truffles.
Senses: glosses: A truffle of species Tuber magnatum, most commonly from the Piedmont region of Italy, lighter in color than black truffles, similarly prized as a culinary ingredient.
black truffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black truffles
Etymology: From black + truffle, from being a truffle with a darkish appearance, darker than white truffles.
Senses: glosses: A species of truffle, Tuber melanosporum, darker than the white truffle, most commonly from France but also found in other parts of Europe, that is prized as a culinary ingredient.
half-moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-moons
form: halfmoon
form: half moon
Etymology: From half- + moon.
Senses: glosses: The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
glosses: Anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail.
glosses: A semicircular or crescent-shaped Filipino butter cookie.
glosses: Synonym of black and white (“type of cookie”).
synonyms: word: black and white
extra: type of cookie
Coordinate terms: crescent
demilune
semicircle
Derived terms: half-mooned
Chinese truffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese truffles
Senses: glosses: A species of truffle, Tuber sinense, native to China.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Chinese, truffle.
Related terms: Tuber sinoaestivum
Tuber sinoalbidum
Tuber sinoexcavatum
truffle oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truffle oils
Etymology: From truffle + oil.
Senses: examples: text: Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey).
ref: 2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A cooking ingredient consisting of flavorless oil infused with truffle (or a synthetic flavor compound supposed to resemble it).
Hagiographa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English agiogrofa, Agiogropha, from Medieval Latin hagiographa, from Ancient Greek ἁγιόγραφα (hagiógrapha), from ἅγιος (hágios, “holy, saintly”) + γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to write”).
Senses: glosses: The third division of the Hebrew scriptures; the Ketuvim.
Related terms: -graph
hagio-
canapé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canapés
Etymology: Borrowed from French canapé. Doublet of canopy and conopeum.
Senses: glosses: An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.
examples: text: Oliver was sitting on the edge of the canapé, swinging one leg over the other; and he stopped abruptly and stared, and then sank back, laughing softly to himself.
ref: 1908, Upton Sinclair, The Metropolis, New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, page 29:
glosses: A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa.
canape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canapes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of canapé.
flambe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flambé.
flambe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flambes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flambé.
flambe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flambes
form: flambeing
form: flambeed
form: flambeed
form: flambed
form: flambed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flambé.
ganache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈnæʃ/
ipa: /ɡəˈnɑːʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
rhymes: -ɑːʃ
Forms: form: ganaches
Etymology: Borrowed from French ganache, from Italian ganascia (“jaw”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) (see gnatho-).
Senses: examples: text: The centers of truffles are typically a ganache, which is most often simply a mixture of chocolate and cream. The recipes will direct you to chop the chocolate finely—do not overlook this step!
ref: 2006, Dede Wilson, Truffles: 50 Deliciously Decadent Homemade Chocolate Treats, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 11:
text: She scoops a grassy, barely sweet green-tea sorbet onto white chocolate ganache, and garnishes it with coin-size meringues that break easily, then strings syrupy, candied yuzu zest across it all.
ref: 2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A rich sauce, made of chocolate and cream, used also as the filling of truffles, and as a glaze.
examples: text: M. Viollet-le-Duc says the ganache, which he considers a beautiful and simple garment, disappeared at the end of the fourteenth century. M. Quicherat makes brief mention of it as a surcoat without sleeves or girdle , and neither ...
ref: 1819, James Robinson Planche, A Cyclopedia Of Costume Vol. II A General History Of Costume In Europe, page 85:
text: , The Medieval Wedding Planner, Lyle MacPherson
Male clothing was worn in layers of a tunic, cote, or cotte with a surcoat over a linen shirt. […] a long sleeveless tunic. When sleeves (and sometimes a hood) were added, the cyclas became a ganache (a cap-sleeved surcoat, usually shown with hood of matching color) or a gardcorps (a long, generous-sleeved travelling robe).
text: 2001, John Steane, The Archaeology of Power: England and Northern Europe, AD 800-1600, Tempus Pub Limited
Illuminated miniatures show them in long robes of plain or rayed material, hoods and coifs. […] shows a man 6ft in length dressed in a ganache or tabard with two tongues or labels at the neck and a coif tied round his head.
text: Cranston plucked at the ganache, the over-robe Bohun wore, tied round the middle with a ribbon. 'You've lost weight?' 'Bellum intestinum,' Bohun whispered, picking up the tankard. 'War within! There's something wrong with my gut, ...
ref: 2020, Paul Doherty, The House of Shadows, Canelo, →ISBN:
synonyms: garnache
glosses: A kind of surcoat with short cap sleeves.
glosses: A fool
ganache
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈnæʃ/
ipa: /ɡəˈnɑːʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
rhymes: -ɑːʃ
Forms: form: ganaches
form: ganaching
form: ganached
form: ganached
Etymology: Borrowed from French ganache, from Italian ganascia (“jaw”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) (see gnatho-).
Senses: examples: text: to ganache the sides of a cake
glosses: To coat with ganache.
pauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pause
pauses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pause
like a duck takes to water
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: as a duck takes to water
form: like a duck to water
Senses: examples: text: She started skating and learned quickly, like a duck takes to water.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very naturally; without effort.
Synonyms: like a knife through butter
Related terms: like water off a duck's back
electroencephalogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌlɛktɹoʊ.ənˈsɛfələˌɡɹæm/
ipa: /əˌlɛktɹoʊ.ɛnˈsɛfloʊˌɡɹæm/
Forms: form: electroencephalograms
Etymology: From electro- + encephalogram.
Senses: examples: text: Davide Valeriani, senior research officer at University of Essex’s BCI-NE Lab, is using an electroencephalogram (EEG)-based BCI to tap into the unconscious minds of people as they make decisions.
ref: 2018 January 1, Sarah Marsh, “Neurotechnology, Elon Musk and the goal of human enhancement”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A recording of electrical brain activity (brain waves) made by an electroencephalograph.
Derived terms: EEG
Related terms: electrocorticogram
electroencephalograph
electroencephalography
electroencephalograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌlɛktɹoʊ.ənˈsɛfələˌɡɹæf/
ipa: /əˌlɛktɹoʊ.ɛnˈsɛfloʊˌɡɹæf/
Forms: form: electroencephalographs
Etymology: From electro- + encephalograph.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: An instrument used for recording electrical brain activity.
Derived terms: EEG
electroencephalographic
Related terms: electroencephalogram
electroencephalography
alpha wave
beta wave
polyandrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + -androus.
Senses: examples: text: Why, she goes on, meeting another husband, lays another batch of eggs, leaves them and goes on her polyandrous way, flirting, fighting - oh, out on the razzle-dazzle generally.
ref: 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 32:
text: Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing polyandrous populations, a society where women marry several men.
ref: 1988 December 25, Los Angeles Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.
Hypernyms: polygamous
Derived terms: hyperpolyandrous
polyandrously
beta wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beta waves
Senses: examples: text: Doctor Chakwas: Physically, you're fine. But I detected some unusual brain activity, abnormal beta waves.
Doctor Chakwas: I also noticed an increase in your rapid eye movement, signs typically associated with intense dreaming.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Med Bay, SSV Normandy (Prologue: Find the Beacon):
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: An electrical signal produced by the brain while the subject mentally active.
Related terms: alpha wave
electroencephalography
ubuntu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʊˈbʊntuː/
Etymology: Loanword from Zulu ubuntu (“humanity”) and Xhosa ubuntu (“humaneness, solidarity”).
Senses: examples: text: Through Ubuntu the worth of all individuals are recognized and respected. As such, homophobia is an unAfrican^([sic]) because it denies people the opportunity to express their full humanity.
ref: 2006 October 26, “South Africa: LGBT Groups Respond To CONTRALESA’s Stance On Same Sex Marriage”, in OutRight Action International, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2015:
glosses: A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.
beta emitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beta emitters
Senses: glosses: A radioactive substance emitting beta particles.
wins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪnz/
rhymes: -ɪnz
Senses: glosses: plural of win
wins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪnz/
rhymes: -ɪnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of win
motherland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌðɚˌlænd/
ipa: /ˈmʌð.ə.lænd/
Forms: form: motherlands
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
Proto-Germanic *mōdēr
Proto-West Germanic *mōder
Old English mōdor
Middle English moder
English mother
English land
English motherland
From mother + land.
Senses: glosses: The country of one's ancestors.
glosses: The country of one's birth.
glosses: Country of origin.
glosses: Mother country in contrast to its colonies.
Synonyms: fatherland
homeland
Derived terms: muddaland
perked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)kt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perk
Related terms: overperked
perked up
fatherland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fatherlands
Etymology: From father + land. Compare Dutch vaderland (“fatherland”), German Vaterland (“fatherland”), Danish fædreland (“fatherland”), Icelandic föðurland (“fatherland”).
Senses: glosses: The country of one's ancestors.
glosses: The country of one's birth, origin.
Synonyms: word: homeland
word: motherland
word: sire-land
Derived terms: fatherlandish
boro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: boron
Derived terms: borocalcite
borophosphosilicate
borotungstate
Related terms: bor-
wholeheartedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhəʊlˈhɑːtɪdli/
ipa: /ˌhoʊlˈhɑɹtədli/
ipa: [-ɾəd-]
text: -
Forms: form: more wholeheartedly
form: most wholeheartedly
form: whole-heartedly
Etymology: From wholehearted + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He jumped in wholeheartedly and began to learn the language.
text: [T]hough Augustus and Tiberius discouraged the desire to deify them in their lifetime, Caligula had no sooner expressed his designs on godhead than the Alexandrians wholeheartedly fell in with his wishes, and worshipped him.
ref: 1898, J[oseph] Grafton Milne, “Religious Institutions”, in A History of Egypt under Roman Rule (A History of Egypt; V), London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, paragraph 32, page 149:
text: Thus unreservedly, promptly, and wholeheartedly did the people of New Mexico, through their chosen representatives, throw themselves and all their resources into the Great War. The Sunshine State fears no storm.
ref: 1926 January, Lansing B[artlett] Bloom, “New Mexico in the Great War”, in Lansing B. Bloom, Paul A. F. Walter, editors, The New Mexico Historical Review, volume I, number 1, Santa Fe, N.M.: Historical Society of New Mexico at the Museum Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15:
text: [H]e had a natural bias against all change, and he hated wholeheartedly what he regarded as the central doctrine of the French Revolution, […]
ref: 1932 March, John Buchan, “The Man”, in Sir Walter Scott, London; Toronto, Ont.: Cassell and Company, published May 1932, →OCLC, section II, page 361:
text: We are wroth with these go-betweens and meddlers—the drifting clouds: these half-and-halfs that have learned neither to bless nor to curse wholeheartedly.
ref: 1933, Friedrich W[ilhelm] Nietzsche, “Before Sunrise”, in A[lexander] Title, revised by M[ildred] M[ary] Bozman, transl., Thus Spake Zarathustra, London: Heron Books; by arrangement with J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Sons, published [1977?], →OCLC, 3rd part, page 148:
text: Fans relished the traditional FA Cup fanfare from the Coldstream Guards and the hymn Abide With Me before throwing themselves wholeheartedly into an experience they have been largely deprived of since the first coronavirus lockdown began in March 2020.
ref: 2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0 – 1 Leicester: Foxes Lift FA Cup for First Time after Youri Tielemans Stunner”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2025:
synonyms: body and soul
coordinate_terms: halfheartedly
glosses: In a wholehearted (“showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment”) manner; without reserve; enthusiastically, unreservedly.
Related terms: heartedly
heartlessly
put one's heart in
someone's heart is in
wholehearted
carb-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of carbo- used before a vowel.
carbo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑː.bə(ʊ)/
ipa: /kɑɹ.boʊ/
ipa: /kɑɹ.bə/
Forms: form: carb-
Etymology: Combining form of carbon.
Senses: examples: text: carbide, carbohydrate
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Representing carbon, carbonic, carbonyl, carbonylic, carboxyl or carboxylic.
Related terms: capno-
Maghrib
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Maghreb.
carbonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: rhotic
enpr: kärbŏn'ĭk
ipa: /kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
enpr: käbŏn'ĭk
ipa: /kɑːˈbɒnɪk/
note: non-rhotic
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: From carbon + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: [I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 144:
glosses: Of or relating to carbon.
Derived terms: carbonic acid
carbonic anhydrase
carbonic anhydride
carbonic oxide
carbonic paper
carbonic snow
chlorocarbonic acid
dicarbonic
hemicarbonic
monocarbonic
polycarbonic
radiocarbonic
sulfato-carbonate
sulpho-carbonate
sulfocarbonic acid
sulphocarbonic acid
thiocarbonic
nitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: nitres
Senses: examples: text: For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 2:22:
glosses: British standard spelling of niter.
Derived terms: nitriferous
nitry
CPSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialisms
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Canadian Professional Sales Association.
glosses: Initialism of Canadian Political Science Association.
glosses: Initialism of Church of the Province of Southern Africa.
glosses: Initialism of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
glosses: Initialism of Commission of Public Service Appointments.
glosses: Initialism of Concrete Pipelines Systems Association.
glosses: Initialism of Communist Party of South Africa.
polysemantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polysemantic
form: most polysemantic
Etymology: From poly- + semantic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polysemic.
synonyms: word: polysemic
Derived terms: polysemantically
procuress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pɹəˈkjʊəɹɪs/
Forms: form: procuresses
Etymology: From Old French procureresse (compare French procureuse), corresponding to procure + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A middlewoman: a woman who performs as a go-between, an intermediary.
examples: text: The Spaniard, who will seduce any girl he can, is pitiless under like circumstances to his own womenkind; so there is much weeping, the girl is turned out of doors and falls readily into the hands of the procuress. In the brothels of Seville or of Madrid she finds at least a roof and bread to eat.
ref: 1905, W. Somerset Maugham, “Puerta del Puente”, in The Land of The Blessed Virgin: Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia:
text: Old witches in the cities and country-side throve upon the sale of death spells and love philtres. They also made a trade of abortificants, and frequently practised the whiles of the procuress.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 65:
text: Knox takes us through the lives of memorable seducers and their critics, in sometimes academic and sometimes rococo prose dappled with doges, coups de foudre, rakes, bawds, coquettes, coxcombs and procuresses — with guest appearances by members of the Frankfurt School sunning themselves in La Jolla.
ref: 2020 April 2, Alex Kuczynski, “Philanderers, Predators and Pickup Artists: A History”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A female procurer.
procurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procurers
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman procurour, Old French procureor. Equivalent to procure + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who procures or obtains things, especially one who procures customers for prostitutes.
Synonyms: pander
panderer
pimp
perorate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: perorates
form: perorating
form: perorated
form: perorated
Etymology: From per- + orate.
Senses: glosses: To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.
glosses: To make a peroration; to make a formal recapitulation at the end of a speech.
Related terms: peroration
ramble
Pomeranian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniən/
ipa: /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪnjən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Forms: form: more Pomeranian
form: most Pomeranian
Etymology: From Pomerania + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to Pomerania, a historic region split between the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg and the Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
examples: text: In my 2002 research project I focused on the documentation of the Pomeranian Low German as spoken in the state of Wisconsin.
ref: Alexandra Jacob, American Pommersch – Pommern im linguistischen Erbe Wisconsins, in: 2008, Josef Raab, Jan Wirrer (eds.), Die deutsche Präsenz in den USA / The German Presence in the U.S.A., p. 627ff., here p. 627
text: This was expressed by a Pomeranian Low German speaker born in 1903 in Hamburg, Marathon County:
…
ref: Antje Petty, Immigrant Languages and Education: Wisconsin's German Schools', in: 2013, Thomas Purnell, Eric Raimy, Joseph Salmons (eds.), Wisconsin Talk: Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State, The University of Wisconsin Press, p. 37ff., here p. 49
text: Runge's version, published by Arnim in 1808, is in Pomeranian (low German) dialect, and …
ref: Stephen Benson, The soul music of "The Juniper Tree", in: 2015, Maria Tatar (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales, Cambridge University Press, p. 166ff., here p. 173
glosses: Of or relating to Pomerania.
Derived terms: East Pomeranian
Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniən/
ipa: /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪnjən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Forms: form: Pomeranians
Etymology: From Pomerania + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
synonyms: Pom
Pommy
Pome
Pomeranian spitz
Zwergspitz
glosses: A breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.
Derived terms: Pomapoo
Pomsky
pugeranian
Pomeranian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniən/
ipa: /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪnjən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Etymology: From Pomerania + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Among their dialects the Rhine Franconian and Moselle-Franconian varieties prevailed, but other dialects were present as well, such as Upper German Swabian, Low German Westphalian, Pomeranian, and the Mennonite varieties, and even Volga German.
ref: P. Rosenberg, Dialect convergence in the German language islands (Sprachinseln), in: 2005, Peter Auer, Frans Hinskens, Paul Kerswill (eds.), Dialect Change: Convergence and Divergence in European Languages, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, p. 221ff., here p. 228
text: … the language of everyday use is characterized by a wide panorama of local dialectal variation, ranging from Low German dialects in the north (e.g. Low Saxon, Westphalian, Pomeranian), through Central German dialects (e.g. Hessian, Thuringian, Silesian) to the High German dialects of the south (e.g. Bavarian, High Alemannic, Alsatian and Franconian) …
ref: 2011, George L. Campbell, Gareth King, The Routledge Concise Compendium of the World's Languages, 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1995), p. 238, inside the section German
text: A second important isogloss that separates Pomeranian from the other Low German variants, … These strong morphemes are absent in the North Sea Germanic area, as well as in Pomeranian.
ref: 2019, Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today 248), p. 6
glosses: Pomeranian Low German.
glosses: The Kashubian language.
promotional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/
ipa: /pɹəˈməʊʃənəl/
rhymes: -əʊʃənəl
Forms: form: more promotional
form: most promotional
Etymology: From promotion + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Collect five promotional vouchers to claim your prize.
text: In addition to this signage there are promotional videos broadcast in English on television screens around the campus.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5:
text: The cartoon dog made its debut in half-term week in October, featuring on promotional children's tickets as well as fun children's activities such as colouring sheets and spot the difference.
ref: 2022 November 30, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 971, page 87:
glosses: Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.
examples: text: In some departments, tiebreakers on the promotional list are determined by who turned their application in first.
ref: 2013, Steve Prziborowski, How To Excel At Fire Department Promotional Exams, page 83:
glosses: Of or relating to promotion to a post of higher status.
Derived terms: promotional copy
self-promotional
promotional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/
ipa: /pɹəˈməʊʃənəl/
rhymes: -əʊʃənəl
Forms: form: promotionals
Etymology: From promotion + -al.
Senses: glosses: An advertising promotion
pangenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + genesis.
Senses: glosses: A mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin by which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which collect in the reproductive organs prior to fertilization.
Related terms: pangene
persecutory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɜːsəˈkjuːtəɹi/
ipa: /ˌpɝsəˈkjutəɹi/
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to persecution.
Derived terms: persecutorily
Anchorage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/
note: /æ/-tensing
ipa: /ˈeɪŋk(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology: A proprialization from anchorage, in reference to Captain Cook's anchoring there during his third voyage; for more, see Wikipedia at History of Anchorage, Alaska.
Senses: glosses: A large coastal city in Alaska.
wikipedia: History of Anchorage, Alaska
Derived terms: Anchorageite
sachet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæʃeɪ/
ipa: /ˈsæʃeɪ/
ipa: /sæˈʃeɪ/
homophone: sashay
rhymes: -æʃeɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: sachets
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French sachet.
Senses: glosses: A small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving.
examples: text: My burger arrived with a plastic sachet of tomato ketchup.
text: In the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia, the problem was compounded by a new kind of plastic packaging that took flight in the 1980s — the sachet. It was a plastic pouch but often bulked up with layers of aluminum or paper for shape or durability. […] Sachets are cheap, flashy and convenient.
ref: 2019 January 15, Christopher Joyce, “A New Weapon In The War Against Plastic Waste”, in npr:
glosses: A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.
Derived terms: sacheted
cheesecloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheesecloths
Etymology: From cheese + cloth.
Senses: glosses: A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off.
Derived terms: cheeseclothed
anker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ankers
form: ankor
form: anchor
Etymology: From Dutch anker. Doublet of anchor and ancora.
Senses: examples: text: And if your honour ſhould want a ſmall parcel of fine tea, or a few anchors of right Nantz, I'll be bound you ſhall be furniſhed to your heart's content.
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Made Acquainted with the Characters of Commodore Trunnion and His Adherents; Meets with Them by Accident and Contracts an Intimacy with that Commander”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 6, column 1:
text: [I]t is quite a painful reflection how many whole crews we have made to walk the plank for no more than a stock of biscuit or an anker or two of spirit.
ref: 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Master’s Wanderings”, in The Master of Ballantrae. […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 56:
text: "God damn and blast all you hamfisted yokels!" he was saying. "And you, sir, down there. Take that grin off your face and be more careful, or I'll have you clapped under hatches to sail with us today. Easy, there, easy! Christ, rum at seven guineas an anker isn't meant to be dropped like pig iron!"
ref: 1938 April, C[ecil] S[cott] Forester [pseudonym; Cecil Louis Troughton Smith], chapter V, in A Ship of the Line, Greenwich edition, London: Michael Joseph, published 1951 (February 1962 printing), →OCLC, pages 40–41:
glosses: A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.
periodization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periodizations
form: periodisation
Etymology: From period + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of categorizing something (e.g. history) into named periods.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
glosses: Training in segments of a few weeks or months, so that training begins at lower intensity and is gradually increased to high intensity.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The operation of forming a periodic function from a non-periodic function.
Related terms: period
periodize
prepaid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːˈpeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prepay
prepaid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːˈpeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Senses: antonyms: postpaid
glosses: Paid for in advance.
prepaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹiːˈpeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: prepaids
Senses: examples: text: The number of unfilled orders has increased, including prepaids.
ref: 2019, Patricia Ohl Rice, Joyce L. Ogburn, The Serials Partnership: Teamwork, Technology, and Trends:
glosses: Something paid for in advance.
pericardial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pericardiac
form: pericardian
form: pericardic
Etymology: From peri- + cardial.
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to the pericardium.
glosses: Surrounding or next to the heart.
Derived terms: epipericardial
hepatopericardial
intrapericardial
myopericardial
pericardial cell
pericardial fluid
pericardially
pericardial septum
pericardial sinus
pericardial tap
pleuropericardial
postpericardial
prepericardial
renopericardial
sternopericardial
subpericardial
visceropericardial
broiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɔɪlə/
ipa: /ˈbɹɔɪlɚ/
rhymes: -ɔɪlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: broilers
Etymology: From broil + -er (agent noun suffix) or, for the chickens, + -er (patient suffix).
Senses: glosses: A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in British English.
examples: text: In the 1960's culling hens and cockerels accounted for the main share of all live poultry exports. In more recent years, exports of live stewers, ducks, and geese have trended downward while foreign trade of live broilers and turkeys has greatly increased.
ref: 1972, Cline Jefferson Warren, The Netherlands Poultry Meat Industry, page 4:
coordinate_terms: fryer#Noun
layer#Etymology_2
roaster#Noun
stewer#Noun
glosses: A chicken raised for meat.
coordinate_terms: fryer#Noun
layer#Etymology_2
roaster#Noun
stewer#Noun
glosses: A chicken raised for meat.
Specifically, a young chicken 6 to 10 weeks old, as contrasted with a roaster.
examples: text: What doth he but turn broiler, […] make new libels against the church?
ref: 1649, Henry Hammond, The Pastor's Motto:
glosses: One who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels, or broils.
Derived terms: broaster
broiler chicken
broiler house
broilerhouse
broilerman
conveyor-broiler
nonbroiler
turbo broiler
preordained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preordain
preordained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The difficulty of each puzzle would increase as the number of miners increased, which would keep production to one block of transactions roughly every 10 minutes. In addition, the size of each block bounty would halve every 210,000 blocks—first from 50 bitcoins to 25, then from 25 to 12.5, and so on. Around the year 2140, the currency would reach its preordained limit of 21 million bitcoins.
ref: 2011 November 23, Benjamin Wallace, “The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2025:
synonyms: word: fateful
word: foreordained
word: destined
word: doomed
word: fated
word: fateful
word: fatidic
word: foreordained
word: predestined
word: predevote
word: preordained
word: weird
glosses: determined in advance; predestined
embroil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈbɹɔɪl/
ipa: /ɛm-/
ipa: /əmˈbɹɔɪl/
ipa: /ɛm-/
rhymes: -ɔɪl
Forms: form: embroils
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₁én
The verb is borrowed from French embrouiller (“to entangle”), from em- (a variant of en- (prefix meaning ‘in; into’)) + brouiller (“to confuse, mix up”) (ultimately from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre, from *brodicāre, from Late Latin brodium (“broth, stew; mixture”), from Frankish *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“stock, broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”)).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Cognates
* Italian imbrogliare
* Spanish embrollar
Senses: glosses: A state of confusion or uproar; a commotion, a disturbance; also, a quarrel.
glosses: A state of anxiety or disturbance of the mind.
embroil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈbɹɔɪl/
ipa: /ɛm-/
ipa: /əmˈbɹɔɪl/
ipa: /ɛm-/
rhymes: -ɔɪl
Forms: form: embroils
form: embroiling
form: embroiled
form: embroiled
Etymology: From em- (a variant of en- (intensifying prefix)) + broil (“to expose to great heat; (obsolete) to burn”) (from Late Middle English broilen, brulen (“to burn; to scorch, singe; (cooking) to broil, grill”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Old French bruler, bruillir, brusler (“to burn”) (modern French brûler), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrew- (“to boil; to brew”)).
Senses: examples: text: Indeed if vve vvill be building our Babels, and thus aſſault Omnipotence, 'tis but juſt vve ſhould have our language confounded, and that that knovvledge for vvhich vve boldly attempt to rifle Gods cabinet, ſhould like the Coal from the Altar, ſerve only to embroil and conſume the ſacrilegious invaders.
ref: 1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, “A Survey of the Causes of Disputes; Secondly, Curiosity”, in The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC, page 340:
glosses: To set (something) on fire; to burn (something).
Derived terms: word: embroiling
perfective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: more perfective
form: most perfective
Etymology: From perfect + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: imperfective
glosses: Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
examples: text: a perfective alteration
ref: a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
text: It is not likely that Eternal Life ſhall be a torpid and unactive ſtate, or that it ſhall conſiſt only in an uninterrupted and endleſs Act of Love; the other Faculties ſhall be employed as well as the Will, in Actions ſuitable to, and perfective of their Natures; […]
ref: 1701, John Ray, “Of Bodies Endued with a Sensitive Soul, or Animals”, in The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, […], →OCLC, page 191:
glosses: Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.
Derived terms: word: imperfective
word: perfectively
word: perfectiveness
word: perfectivity
word: perfectivization
word: perfectivize
sense: Expressions
word: perfective aspect
perfective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: perfectives
Etymology: From perfect + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A perfective verb form.
premiership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premierships
Etymology: From premier + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: There is a familiar pattern that has come to define Theresa May’s premiership. Encouraging rhetoric gets periodically wheeled out: the pledges to ease the burden on the “just about managing”; the promises to fight the “burning injustices” of social inequality. But then a few weeks later, the chancellor gets up at the dispatch box to deliver a budget or an autumn statement and it’s as if those words had never been uttered.
ref: 2018 October 28, “The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity”, in The Observer:
text: And for the EU a Johnson premiership would mean “a mini-Trump across the Channel, dedicated to its sabotage”. Britain would become “a hostile principality, built on social, fiscal and environmental deregulation.”
ref: 2019 June 13, Jon Henley, “'Mini-Trump across the Channel': EU media on Boris Johnson as British PM”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The office of a premier or prime minister.
qualifier: sporting
glosses: The position held by the champion team at the end of a particular season (especially as used in Australian rules football).
Synonyms: word: prime ministership
english: in the sporting sense
translation: in the sporting sense
word: championship
english: in the sporting sense
translation: in the sporting sense
word: title
Derived terms: minor premiership
premiership quarter
Premiership
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɛmɪəʃɪp/
ipa: /-mjə-/
Forms: form: the Premiership
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: the Premier League of English association football
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union
pyloric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pylorus + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the pylorus.
Derived terms: antropyloric
cardiopyloric
gastropyloric
infrapyloric
peripyloric
postpyloric
prepyloric
pseudopyloric
pylorically
pyloric antrum
pyloric artery
pyloric caeca
pyloric caecum
pyloric ring
pyloric sac
pyloric sphincter
pyloric stenosis
pyloric valve
suprapyloric
transpyloric
transpyloric plane
uropyloric
salmonella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsælməˈnɛlə/
note: nonstandard, influenced by salmon
ipa: /ˌsæməˈnɛlə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Forms: form: salmonellas
form: salmonellae
Etymology: From the genus name Salmonella. Named after American veterinarian Daniel Elmer Salmon.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone got sick from salmonella in the undercooked meat.
glosses: Any of the serotypes of the two species of rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, especially Salmonella enterica, that cause typhoid fever and salmonellosis, manifest as food poisoning and other diseases.
glosses: Food poisoning, especially in humans, caused by such organisms.
Derived terms: salmonellacidal
salmonellal
salmonellosis
salmonellosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salmonelloses
Etymology: From salmonella + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of several diseases caused by infection with Salmonella bacteria
Related terms: enteric fever
enteritis
typhoid fever
preliterate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + literate.
Senses: glosses: that has not yet developed a written language
raw_tags: of a culture
glosses: who has not yet learned to read and write
raw_tags: of a person
preliterate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preliterates
Etymology: From pre- + literate.
Senses: glosses: a member of such a culture
food-borne disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food-borne diseases
form: foodborne disease
Senses: glosses: Synonym of food poisoning.
synonyms: word: food poisoning
food poisoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food poisonings
Senses: topics: bacteriology
biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
synonyms: word: bromatotoxism
word: foodborne illness
word: food-borne disease
hyponyms: sitotoxism
glosses: Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.
royal icing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: royal icings
Etymology: The designation "royal" was added after the icing was used on the large, elaborate cake made for Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert in 1840; the style of icing itself is older.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: An icing made from beaten egg whites and powdered sugar, used for decorating.
Related terms: flood icing
illegally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈliːɡəli/
Forms: form: more illegally
form: most illegally
Etymology: From illegal + -ly or il- + legally.
Senses: examples: text: He received a ticket for illegally parking next to a fire hydrant.
text: The dangers of scofflawry vary wildly. The person who illegally spits on the sidewalk remains disgusting, but clearly poses less risk to others than the company that illegally buries hazardous chemical waste in an unauthorized location.
ref: 1983 January 24, Frank Trippett, “Essay: A Red Light for Scofflaws”, in Time:
glosses: In a manner contrary to law.
compositor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɒzɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: compositors
Etymology: From French compositeur, from Latin compositor.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language […] his clerks […] understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: All Spaniards, we discovered, knew two English expressions. One was 'O.K., baby', the other was a word used by the Barcelona whores in their dealings with English sailors, and I am afraid the compositors would not print it.
ref: 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter IV, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
text: However late medieval copyists were supervised — and controls were much more lax than many accounts suggest — scribes were incapable of committing the sort of "standardized" error that was produced by a compositor who dropped the word "not" from the Seventh Commandment and thus created the "wicked" Bible of 1631.
ref: 1983, Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe, Cambridge University Press, Second edition, 2005, p. 56:
glosses: A person who sets type; a typesetter.
examples: text: I work as an image compositor.
glosses: One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A system that puts images together in a buffer (such as individual windows on a desktop) to generate a final display image.
Derived terms: compositorial
compositress
Related terms: compose
composer
composite
composition
compositionist
NEMA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
typesetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typesetters
Etymology: From type + setter.
Senses: examples: text: It’s hard to say who has the longest name in history, but a Philadelphia-area typesetter from the early 1900s chose a very long name for himself. Known, among other things, as Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590, Sr., his name has been published in many different forms since.
ref: 2015 June 29, Dan Lewis, “Why You Can’t Name Your Kid “Albin” (With a Different Spelling)”, in Now I Know, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2025:
text: My writing all took place over weekends, and because I only lived about ten miles away, Peter would hot-foot it to my home on a Monday morning to collect a large parcel of hand-typed sheets of copy, for despatch to the typesetters.
ref: 2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47:
glosses: A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.
glosses: A machine that combines type in the correct order for printing.
Synonyms: sense: person who sets type
word: compositor
saucier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔːsɪə/
enpr: säʹsēər
ipa: /ˈsɑsiɚ/
Etymology: From saucy + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of saucy: more saucy
saucier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔːsɪə/
enpr: säʹsēər
ipa: /ˈsɑsiɚ/
ipa: /sosje/
ipa: /ˈsɔːsɪə/
enpr: säʹsēər
ipa: /ˈsɑsiɚ/
Forms: form: sauciers
Etymology: Borrowed from French saucier, from sauce + -ier.
Senses: synonyms: sauce chef
glosses: In a large professional kitchen, a cook responsible for preparing sauces and for sauteing foods on demand.
synonyms: chef's pan
glosses: A bowl-shaped pan used for sauces and other cookery.
Coordinate terms: chef
cook
executive chef
line chef
line cook
master chef
pastry chef
prep chef
prep cook
scullery maid
short-order cook
sous-chef
sushi chef
washer
saucier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔːsɪə/
enpr: säʹsēər
ipa: /ˈsɑsiɚ/
ipa: /sosje/
Forms: form: sauciers
Etymology: From sauce + -i- + -er.
Senses: glosses: sauce pan (a pan used to cook up a sauce)
glosses: sauce boat (a pitcher, dish, or, bowl, used to serve sauce)
Related terms: saucer
sauce pan
sauce pot