cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pearl grey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a pale grey colour, tinted with blue, like that of some pearls.
hot-air balloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot-air balloons
form: hot air balloon
Senses: glosses: A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air, carrying passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath.
Related terms: airship
barrage balloon
blimp
dirigible
zeppelin
Zeppelin
hot air balloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːn
Forms: form: hot air balloons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hot-air balloon.
pilot balloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilot balloons
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A small unmanned balloon whose ascent is followed by a theodolite to obtain data for the computation of the speed and direction of winds in the upper air.
Synonyms: pibal
populous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒpjʊləs/
enpr: päpʹyə-ləs
ipa: /ˈpɑpjələs/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈpɔp(j)ʊləs/
homophone: populace (most accents)
Forms: form: more populous
form: most populous
Etymology: First used in English in the mid 15th century; from Latin populosus (“full of people, populous”).
Senses: examples: text: China is the most populous country in the world.
glosses: Having a large population.
examples: text: Chinese is the most populous language.
text: The Sino-Tibetan family includes Mandarin, the most populous language in the world, spoken by more than one billion Chinese.
ref: 1974, Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina M. Hyams, An Introduction to Language, →ISBN, page 524:
glosses: Spoken by a large number of people.
raw_tags: of a language
examples: text: The Nile delta is a populous region.
glosses: Densely populated.
examples: text: Airport departure halls are often populous places during the rush hours.
glosses: Crowded with people.
Derived terms: equipopulous
overpopulous
populosity
populously
populousness
unpopulous
weather balloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weather balloons
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: a balloon that carries meteorological instruments aloft in order to measure, record and return data concerning atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
synonyms: swamp gas
pelican
glosses: a skeptical explanation to debunk a UFO sighting that a believer regards as silly, illogical or disingenuous
Synonyms: sounding balloon
Related terms: radiosonde
ballooning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈluːnɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: The ballooning economy was out of control.
glosses: Growing rapidly as a balloon.
examples: text: The cricketer hit a ballooning shot for six runs.
glosses: Rising high in the air.
ballooning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈluːnɪŋ/
Forms: form: balloonings
Senses: examples: text: This major artery from the heart to the lower body, the aorta, can indeed develop aneurysms. These balloonings of the shape of the normally straight artery may cause no bother, no symptoms and no complications.
ref: 2013, Margaret McCartney, The Patient Paradox, page 95:
glosses: The act of something that swells or expands.
examples: text: When he retired, he took up ballooning.
text: Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
ref: 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
glosses: The sport or hobby of flying in a hot-air balloon.
glosses: The mechanical kiting used by spiders, mites, caterpillars, etc. to travel through the air.
Derived terms: apical ballooning cardiomyopathy
ballooningly
cluster ballooning
transient apical ballooning syndrome
ballooning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈluːnɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of balloon
balloonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloonists
Etymology: From balloon + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: But his greatest achievement, the balloonist said, was a flight he made in Australia in November 1984, using the prototype of the balloon in which he intends to circle the world.
ref: 1986 November 18, Malcolm W. Browne, “BALLOONIST HAS HIGH HOPES BUT NO ILLUSIONS”, in The New York Times:
text: Like surfers trying to catch a wave, balloonists try to ride jet streams.
ref: 1999 March 29, Nadya Labi, “Around the World in a Balloon in 20 Days”, in Time, retrieved 04 Apr 2020:
glosses: A person who flies in balloons, especially in hot-air balloons.
balloon animal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloon animals
Senses: glosses: A representation of an animal, made of a number of balloons twisted, shaped and connected.
Related terms: balloon modelling
twisting balloon
balloon artist
balloon clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloon clocks
Senses: glosses: A form of bracket clock with a balloon-shaped case.
balloon flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloon flowers
Senses: glosses: A perennial herb, Platycodon grandiflorus, from Asia, having ornamental blue star-shaped flowers.
Synonyms: Chinese bellflower
Japanese bellflower
kikyo
platycodon
balloon sail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloon sails
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A large, light foresail sometimes used instead of a jib.
balloon vine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloon vines
Senses: glosses: Any of two species of the genus Cardiospermum, tropical perennial climbing vines having ornamental balloon-like fruits, used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Synonyms: balloon plant
love in a puff
heart pea
heart seed
Derived terms: taxonomic: Cardiospermum halicacabum
word: lesser balloon vine
taxonomic: Cardiospermum grandiflorum
word: showy balloon vine
dhoti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊti
Forms: form: dhotis
form: dhooti
form: dhootie
form: dhooty
form: dhoty
form: dhuti
form: dotee
form: doti
form: dottie
form: duttee
form: dutty
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi धोती (dhotī).
Senses: glosses: A long loincloth worn by men in India.
glosses: The cotton fabric used for such loincloths.
Derived terms: dhotied
Euroconnector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euroconnectors
Etymology: From Euro- + connector.
Senses: glosses: A SCART connector.
Related terms: SCART
Peritel
faun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːn/
ipa: /fɔn/
ipa: /fɑn/
homophone: fawn
rhymes: -ɔːn
Forms: form: fauns
form: faune
form: faunus
form: fawn
Etymology: From Middle English fawn, from Latin faunus.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: satyr
glosses: A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.
Derived terms: faunic
faunish
faunlet
faunlike
level-coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A corruption of French lève-cul (“lift the buttocks”).
Senses: examples: text: […] so they did, and entred the Parler, found all this leuell coyle, and his pate broken, his face scratcht […]
ref: 1600, Robert Armin, “How Leanard a leane Foole, playde at slide groate by himselfe after dinner, when his belly was full.”, in Foole Upon Foole, Or, Six Sortes of Sottes, London: William Ferbrand, published 1605:
text: A daily Deluge over them does boyle: / The Earth and Water play at Level coyle.
ref: 1665, Andrew Marvell, The Character of Holland, London: T. Mabb, page 3:
text: Level-Coile (from the Fr. leuer le Cul, i. to raise or remove the Buttock) is when three play at Tables, or other Game, where onely two can play at a time, and the loser removes his Buttock and sits out, and therefore called also Hitch-Buttock.
ref: 1656, Thomas Blount, “Level-Coile”, in Glossographia, London: Tho. Newcomb, published 1661:
glosses: A boisterous and rowdy game formerly played on Christmas, in which players must quickly switch seats at a signal.
Related terms: musical chairs
-ion
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ən/
/ʃ/
/t͡ʃ/
/ʒ/
Etymology: Reanalysed from -ation, -tion, from Middle French -tion, -cion, from Latin -tiō. By surface analysis, this suffix is added to verbs derived from Latin perfect participle stems.
Senses: examples: text: transfixion
text: reaction
glosses: An action or process, or the result of an action or process.
examples: text: indirection
text: bisection
glosses: A state or condition.
Related terms: word: -ation
word: -sis
word: -tion
-ion
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: other: /ən/
other: /ʃ/
other: /t͡ʃ/
other: /ʒ/
ipa: /ɪən/
ipa: /aɪən/
other: /ən/
other: /ʃ/
other: /t͡ʃ/
other: /ʒ/
Etymology: Possibly reanalysed from inion, which is of Ancient Greek origin. In many cases also analysable as the neuter form of an Ancient Greek adjective in -ιος (-ios).
Senses: examples: text: dactylion
glosses: An anthropometric reference point.
examples: text: gnathion
glosses: An anthropometric reference point.
Especially craniometric points
Synonyms: -ale
Derived terms: omphalion
phalangion
pternion
sellion
sphyrion
stomiontrochanterion
symphysion
xiphion
Related terms: mesophryon
-ion
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: other: /ən/
other: /ʃ/
other: /t͡ʃ/
other: /ʒ/
ipa: /ɪən/
ipa: /aɪən/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “apogee”), containing -ιον (-ion). Compare also -ium.
Senses: examples: text: periareion
glosses: Together with apo- and peri-, forms names of specific apoapsides and periapsides.
pewter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjuːtə/
ipa: /ˈpjutɚ/
ipa: [ˈpjuɾɚ]
rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pewters
form: pewtre
Etymology: From Middle English peutre, from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly related to spelter.
Senses: examples: text: the pewter plates on the dresser
Caught and reflected the flame
ref: 1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II):
glosses: An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
glosses: An alloy of tin and lead.
glosses: Items made of pewter; pewterware.
examples: text: The room was arranged by low wooden partitions into bays, where eight or ten men could sit together and rest their pewters and glasses on the narrow tables between.
ref: 1876, Edward Jenkins, The Devil's Chain, page 86:
glosses: A beer tankard made from pewter.
glosses: A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
glosses: Prize money.
Derived terms: Mexican pewter
pewterwort
pewtery
pewter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjuːtə/
ipa: /ˈpjutɚ/
ipa: [ˈpjuɾɚ]
rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pewtre
Etymology: From Middle English peutre, from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly related to spelter.
Senses: glosses: Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
pewter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjuːtə/
ipa: /ˈpjutɚ/
ipa: [ˈpjuɾɚ]
rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pewters
form: pewtering
form: pewtered
form: pewtered
form: pewtre
Etymology: From Middle English peutre, from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly related to spelter.
Senses: glosses: To coat with pewter.
Derived terms: pewterer
pewterware
Related terms: touchmark
trifle
copro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copros
form: co-pro
Senses: examples: text: A copro with Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre and Winnipeg’s Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Matilda pulls things off at the scale the production demands.
ref: 2019 May 23, Janet Smith, “Matilda: The Musical has a subversive blast with Roald Dahl's story”, in The Georgia Straight:
text: The next season will be a co-pro between BBC Studios and Welsh-based Bad Wolf. When Davies, who is Welsh, revived the show 16 years ago he moved production to Wales.
ref: 2021 September 24, K.J. Yossman, “‘Doctor Who’ Showrunner Russell T. Davies to Return for Next Season”, in Variety:
glosses: Clipping of coproduction.
examples: text: Oddly enough, a copro in a 286 is slower than one in an XT, due to the connections.
ref: 2001, Phil Croucher, The BIOS Companion, page 48:
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Clipping of coprocessor.
copro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros, “excrement”).
Senses: examples: text: Treatises have been written on the glories of Slavic swearing and the difference between Russian (genitalia-focused) and Ukrainian (more copro-centric) swear words.
ref: 2022 March 2, Philippe Naughton, “A Guide to Ukraine’s Swear Words So You Can Follow the Viral Videos”, in The Daily Beast:
glosses: Relating to excrement or dung.
lifting agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifting agents
Senses: glosses: The substance that creates the buoyancy of a balloon or other airship; normally hydrogen, helium or hot air.
hot air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The balloon was equipped with a burner to create hot air for lift.
qualifier: literal
glosses: Air that has been heated, especially so as to function as the lifting agent of a hot-air balloon.
examples: text: "You'll never get anywhere so long as youse trail with that reform bunch. It's all hot air and tomfool theory."
ref: 1913, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 8, in The Vision Splendid:
text: "You give me a lot of hot air about your conscience. Why don't you get a soap-box and preach on the street-corners?"
ref: 1921, Alice Hegan Rice, chapter 28, in Quin:
text: Some of the steam in Washington rises from real issues, but a lot is the hot air of partisan politics.
ref: 2001 June 24, Johanna McGeary, “How Bad Is China?”, in Time, retrieved 22 Sep 2013:
text: Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.
ref: 2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in New York Times:
text: I'm afraid I must disagree with Sir Michael Holden, for whom I have enormous respect, when he wrote in RAIL 977 that Transport Secretary Mark Harper's keynote speech for the George Bradshaw lecture in February was "a breath of fresh air". More like hot air to me, given Harper's emphasis on the private sector through both a kind of renewed franchising model and open access.
ref: 2023 March 8, Christian Wolmar, “Labour passes up the chance to deliver a forceful rail policy”, in RAIL, number 978, page 34:
glosses: Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster.
Derived terms: full of hot air
hot-air balloon
pearly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li
Forms: form: pearlies
Etymology: From pearl + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In nature we as often find the light cool as warm; also in the pictures of many of the Flemish and Dutch schools, where, as Sir Joshua himself mentions, " the silver gray or pearly is predominant, and are valued by the connoisseurs in proportion as they possess this excellence of a silver tint."
ref: 1830, John Burnet, A practical treatise on painting, page 3:
text: Pearly is that silky and often coloured lustre which renders of such value
ref: 1884, The popular educator, page 49:
text: When (the scales are) more developed and thickened, the color (pearly) is deepened, shading
ref: 1899, St. Louis medical and surgical journal, page 126:
glosses: A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
glosses: A tooth.
pearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li
Forms: form: pearlier
form: pearliest
Etymology: From pearl + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
examples: text: a pearly lustre
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pearl; nacreous.
glosses: Containing or yielding pearls.
glosses: Having a pure sweet tone.
Derived terms: arc-form pearly mussel
pearliness
pearly antshrike
pearly coronal papules
pearly disease
pearly everlasting
pearly-eyed thrasher
pearly family
Pearly Gates
pearly gates
pearly king
pearly nautilus
pearly penile papules
pearly prince
pearly princess
pearly queen
pearly whites
Related terms: chambered nautilus
n'
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of ’n’.
vinca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vincas
Etymology: From New Latin Vinca, from Late Latin pervinca.
Senses: glosses: Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle
deathblow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛθbləʊ/
Forms: form: deathblows
form: death blow
Etymology: From death + blow.
Senses: examples: text: He was also there at that fight when Hygelac folded under his deathblow.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:
glosses: A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grâce.
examples: text: The opening of the bridge dealt a deathblow to the ferry.
glosses: Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.
Synonyms: sense: something that brings something to an end
word: another nail in one's coffin
raw sienna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raw siennas
Senses: glosses: A yellowish brown colour.
raw sienna
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a yellowish brown colour.
Related terms: burnt sienna
rifle green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rifle greens
Senses: glosses: A dark green color, like that of the British Army rifleman uniform.
rifle green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a dark green color, like that of the British Army rifleman uniform.
saddle brown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saddle browns
Senses: synonyms: saddle
glosses: A medium brown colour, like that of a saddle.
saddle brown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a medium brown colour, like that of a saddle.
sage green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sage greens
Senses: glosses: A greyish green colour, like that of sage.
sage green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a greyish green colour, like that of sage.
saxe blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saxe blues
Etymology: From French Saxe (“Saxony”) (from German), where a dye of this color originated.
Senses: glosses: A light blue color, with a tint of grey.
saxe blue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From French Saxe (“Saxony”) (from German), where a dye of this color originated.
Senses: glosses: Of a light blue color, with a tint of grey
Related terms: Saxon blue
seashell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seashells
form: sea shell
Etymology: From sea + shell.
Senses: examples: text: Look closely at the pretty seashell print on these blouses. They’re actually formulated from mathematical equations!
ref: 2020 February 7, AJ Willingham, “What a great week for rescue pets!”, in CNN:
text: Fans will pump air through the alkaline stream, which causes carbon dioxide to form solid calcium carbonate, the material from which seashells are formed, which will look like a fine sand, as well as dissolved bicarbonate.
ref: 2024 April 21, Laura Paddison, “Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags”, in CNN:
glosses: The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
examples: text: The seashells on the beach are toxic and best avoided.
glosses: The animal living inside a seashell.
glosses: A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.
seashell
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sea shell
Etymology: From sea + shell.
Senses: glosses: Of a very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.
seashell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: seashells
form: seashelling
form: seashelled
form: seashelled
form: sea shell
Etymology: From sea + shell.
Senses: glosses: To collect seashells.
Derived terms: seasheller
seashelling
Related terms: scungilli
silver-grey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver-greys
form: silver-gray
Senses: glosses: A shiny pale grey colour.
silver-grey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: silver-gray
Senses: glosses: Of a shiny pale grey colour.
shocking pink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shocking pinks
Senses: glosses: a very bright pink colour.
shocking pink
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a very bright pink colour.
Synonyms: hot pink
slate gray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slate grays
form: slate grey
Senses: glosses: A dark bluish grey colour.
slate gray
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: slate grey
Senses: glosses: Of a dark bluish grey colour.
picric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French picrique, from Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, C₆H₂(NO₂)₃, prepared by the nitration of phenol or of aspirin; a toxic, yellow, explosive substance used in dyes, explosives, and as an antiseptic
Synonyms: word: carbazotic acid
Related terms: picrate
picryl
picrylhydrazine
picrol
upshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌpʃɑt/
ipa: /ˈʌpʃɒt/
Forms: form: upshots
Etymology: Presumed from up- + shot, referring to the last shot in a match of archery.
Senses: examples: text: Whatever might be the details of the proposition, that, he conceived, to be the result, or, in vulgar language, the upshot of it.
ref: 1818 April 20, The Parliamentary Debates: During the Sixth Session of the Fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, appointed to meet at Westminster, the Twenty-seventh Day of January 1818, in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King GEORGE the Third, Thomas Curson Hansard, page 224:
text: I have no skill of fancy to tell of that dark collogue, but the upshot was that Alison swore by her lost soul and the pride of sin to bring the lass into thrall to her master.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
text: Many of our correspondents participated in the discussion, and the upshot was that the alleged record was discredited.
ref: 1944 July and August, Charles E. Lee, “The "City of Truro"”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:
text: It was a snapshot of the finishing ability that makes Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang a world-class performer and, for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta, the upshot was glorious.
ref: 2020 August 1, David Hytner, “Aubameyang at the double as Arsenal turn tables on Chelsea to win FA Cup”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The final result, or outcome of something.
examples: text: I'm not interested in hearing all the details. Just give me the upshot.
glosses: A concise summary.
examples: text: One of the major upshots of prefab building is its decreased environmental impact.
glosses: A positive aspect or consequence, often either unexpected or in contrast to other negative aspects.
Synonyms: sense: concise summary
word: bottom line
sense: concise summary
word: digest
sense: concise summary
word: the long and short
sense: final result
word: bottom line
sense: final result
word: conclusion
sense: final result
word: consequence
sense: positive aspect
word: upside
sense: positive aspect
word: silver lining
picrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picrates
Etymology: From picric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of picric acid.
Derived terms: picrated
ferrule
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛɹ(ə)l/
ipa: /-ɹuːl/
ipa: /ˈfɛɹəl/
rhymes: -ɛɹəl
homophone: feral
homophone: ferryl
homophone: Farrell stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: ferrules
form: ferruling
form: ferruled
form: ferruled
Etymology: From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), altered under the influence of Latin ferrum (“iron”), from Old French virole (“ferrule”), from Latin viriola (“little bracelet”), diminutive of viria (“bracelet worn by men”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (“crooked”) (compare Middle Irish fiar (“bent, crooked”), Welsh gŵyr, Breton gwar (“curved”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁ros (“threaded, turned, twisted”), from *weyh₁- (“to turn, twist, weave”).
Senses: examples: text: "District school, I mean," said Dave, with a flourish of the hand. "Where the master or mistress boards about, and ferrules the children with a pine ruler, if they don't toe a crack every spelling time."
ref: [1866, Ann S[ophia] Stephens, “The Sailor and His Two Companions”, in The Gold Brick, Philadelphia, Pa.: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 203:
text: The return of the Thunderer from her protracted steam trial to Madeira has removed all doubt with regard to the efficacy of the new patent ferrule, as applied to boiler tubes. […] In fact, the highly successful results of the trial will, no doubt, lead to the universal practice of ferruling the boiler tubes in all our war vessels fitted with forced draft.
ref: 1892 November, “Ships”, in Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, volume IV, number 4, Washington, D.C.: R. Beresford, printer, →OCLC, page 837:
text: I employed a practical boiler smith, who expanded and ferruled the tubes.
ref: 1902, The English Mechanic and World of Science, volume 74, London: E. J. Kibblewhite, →OCLC, page 42:
text: Once inside the shop he took the line and cut the bad end off and with that done, he attempted to ferrule the cut end.
ref: 2011, Jerry Aaron, “The Fork in the Road”, in Diesel Smoke over Asphalt Ribbons: Dreams in the Rearview Mirror, Sparks, Nev.: Jerry Aaron, →ISBN, page 130, column 1:
glosses: To equip with a ferrule.
sorrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒɹəl/
ipa: /ˈsɔɹəl/
rhymes: -ɒɹəl
Forms: form: sorrels
Etymology: From Middle English sorel, from Old French sorel, surele (“sorrel”), from Old French sur (“sour”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”); equivalent to sour + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare Old English sūre (“sorrel”), Icelandic súra (“sorrel”), Dutch zuring (“dock (plant), sorrel”). More at sour.
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
glosses: Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.
glosses: Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
glosses: The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
examples: text: Now, many people drink alcohol, but when I was a child I remember drinking sorrel, ginger beer and drinks made from fresh fruits such as soursop and passion-fruit. Sorrel was prepared over a long period, not as quickly as it is now.
ref: 2007, African and Caribbean Celebrations, →ISBN, page 56:
text: For instance, one day we were sitting on the porch, looking down at the lagoon and the yachts from all over the world. He was drinking ginger beer mixed with rum, and I was drinking sorrel. No rum. Out of nowhere, he proposed.
ref: 2009, C. C. Alick, Dancing with the Yumawalli: Inspired by True Events, page 62:
text: Joy and the parents did not go either; we spent a quiet day at home, eating roast chicken and stuffing with our own green-gungu rice and peas, and drinking sorrel.
ref: 2012, Claudette Beckford-Brady, Sweet Home, Jamaica, page 390:
glosses: The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Rumex paucifolius
word: alpine sheep's sorrel
taxonomic: Oxyria digyna
word: alpine sorrel
word: buckler sorrel
taxonomic: Rumex acetosella
word: field sorrel
taxonomic: Rumex scutatus
word: French sorrel
taxonomic: Rumex graminifolius
word: grassleaf sorrel
word: Guinea sorrel
taxonomic: Rumex hastatulus
word: heartwing sorrel
word: Indian sorrel
alt: roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa
word: Jamaican sorrel
taxonomic: Rumex krausei
word: Krause's sorrel
taxonomic: Oxalis barrelieri
word: lavender sorrel
taxonomic: Rumex scutatus
word: leaf-shield sorrel
taxonomic: Rumex arifolius
word: maiden sorrel
taxonomic: Oxyria digyna
word: mountain sorrel
taxonomic: Rumex acetosa
word: narrow-leaved sorrel
taxonomic: Rumex acetosella
word: red sorrel
taxonomic: Oxalis oregana
word: redwood sorrel
word: salt of sorrel
taxonomic: Oxalis enneaphylla
word: scurvy-grass sorrel
word: sea sorrel
taxonomic: Rumex acetosella
word: sheep sorrel
word: shield-leaf sorrel
taxonomic: Oxydendrum arboreum
word: sorrel tree
taxonomic: Averrhoa bilimbi
word: tree sorrel
word: upright yellow-sorrel
taxonomic: Oxyria digyna
word: wood sorrel
english: also Oxalidaceae
translation: also Oxalidaceae
taxonomic: Oxalis spp.
word: woodsorrel
word: yellow wood sorrel
Related terms: oxalic acid
schav
sourwood
sorrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒɹəl/
ipa: /ˈsɔɹəl/
rhymes: -ɒɹəl
Forms: form: sorrels
Etymology: From Middle English *sorel, from Middle French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown”), probably from Old Frankish *saur (“dried”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched”); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry”), Old High German sōrēn (“to become dry”), and Old English sēar (“withered, barren”). See also sere.
Senses: glosses: A brown colour, with a tint of red.
sorrel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒɹəl/
ipa: /ˈsɔɹəl/
rhymes: -ɒɹəl
Etymology: From Middle English *sorel, from Middle French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown”), probably from Old Frankish *saur (“dried”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched”); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry”), Old High German sōrēn (“to become dry”), and Old English sēar (“withered, barren”). See also sere.
Senses: examples: text: A little harmless gossip ensued on various themes, such as where old Aunt Sally got her new red head-kerchief, and how "Missis was a going to give Lizzy that spotted muslin gown, when she 'd got her new berage made up;" and how Mas'r Shelby was thinking of buying a new sorrel colt, that was going to prove an addition to the glories of the place.
ref: 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 4, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC, page 50:
glosses: Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)
spring green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring greens
Senses: examples: text: The chip smells like nothing, but tastes like a smörgåsbord that’s both confusing and arousing, like Steve Buscemi. Flecks of spring green – the kind generated from radioactive waste – coat the unwieldy triangles. The seasoning is a kaleidoscope of Day-Glo dust particles that perishes under saliva and tongue.
ref: 2022 April 20, Mariella Rudi, “Tostitos Hint of Lime has zero lime – but it’s still the perfect chip”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A fresh green colour that reminds one of spring.
spring green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a fresh green colour that reminds one of spring.
Related terms: spring greens
antiseptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæntiˈsɛptɪk/
Forms: form: more antiseptic
form: most antiseptic
Etymology: From anti- + septic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to antisepsis, or the use of antiseptics.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Capable of preventing microbial infection.
glosses: Very clean; aseptic.
examples: text: This judicious representation of brutality, domestic violence and struggle empowers women trying to break the shame and fear propagated by the antiseptic whitewashing of conventional media.
ref: 1991 May 4, Mary Dowd, “Risky Business”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
text: Forget all those Christmas cards with their ideal scenarios and antiseptic smiles. Stables are filthy and they stink[…]
ref: 2001, John Allen, A Touch of Uncertainty:
text: [Chief Justice John] Roberts got criticism for what some perceived as his relatively brief and antiseptic description of the events of Jan. 6, 2021, in his majority opinion in Fischer v. United States the other day.
ref: 2024 July 1, Mark Walsh, “A dramatic last day in the courtroom”, in SCOTUSblog:
text: The [Supreme Court's emergency ruling in Trump v. J.G.G.]—an unsigned opinion from the Court’s conservative bloc, minus Amy Coney Barrett—is strangely antiseptic.
ref: 2025 April 9, Quinta Jurecic, “What, Exactly, Is the Supreme Court Thinking?”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Free of unpleasantness; prim, sanitized or bowdlerized.
Derived terms: antiseptically
antisepticise
antisepticism
antisepticist
antisepticize
antisepticky
antiseptic wipe
preantiseptic
antiseptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæntiˈsɛptɪk/
Forms: form: antiseptics
Etymology: From anti- + septic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used on living objects (as opposed to disinfectants) and aren't transported by the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria in the body (as opposed to antibiotics).
Derived terms: hand antiseptic
Related terms: antibacterial
antibiotic
stammel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stammels
Etymology: Old French estamel
Senses: examples: text: […] booted he was after Saincte Benettes guise, and a blacke Stamell robe, with a lothlie monsterous hoode hanging backward […]
ref: 1564, William Bullein, A Dialogue Bothe Pleasaunte and Pietifull, London, page 11:
text: Our great men
Like to a Masse of clowds that now seeme like
An Elephant, and straight wayes like an Oxe
And then a Mouse, or like those changeable creatures
That liue in the Burdello, now in Satten
Tomorrow next in Stammell.
ref: 1606, George Chapman, Monsieur D’Olive, London: William Holmes, act II, scene 1:
text: […] the lusty Lasses, and merry Good-wives, who were drest in all their Bravery, in their Stammel Petticoats, and their gray Cloath-Wastcoats, or white wrought Wastcoats, with black Woolstead, and green Aprons;
ref: 1671, Margaret Cavendish, “The Tale of a Traveller”, in Natures Picture Drawn by Fancies Pencil to the Life, London, page 525:
glosses: A woolen cloth (used in medieval times to make undergarments).
glosses: A bright red colour, like that of the stammel cloth.
glosses: A large, clumsy horse.
glosses: A vigorous girl.
stammel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Old French estamel
Senses: examples: text: The Violet’s purple, the sweet Rose’s stammell,
ref: 1611, “The Third Daie of the First Week”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas his Deuine Weekes, London:
glosses: Of a bright red colour, like that of the stammel cloth.
spring greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the dark green leaves of the borecole plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, used as a vegetable; collard greens
Related terms: spring green
borecole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borecoles
Etymology: From Dutch boerenkool (“kale”). See cole.
Senses: glosses: A form of the kale plant, Brassica oleracea var. acephala, used as the vegetable spring greens / collard greens.
nitro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nī'trō
ipa: /ˈnaɪtɹəʊ/
rhymes: -aɪtɹəʊ
Forms: form: nitros
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent NO₂ functional group.
glosses: Nitroglycerin, especially as medication.
glosses: A beer that is nitrogenated to give it a more creamy head.
glosses: Nitromethane.
examples: 8 April 2018 Chomp Squad, "You Can Handel It"
Blaze, set the blasters to liquid nitro! We're gonna freeze this lava before it flows any further.
glosses: Nitrogen, especially as liquid nitrogen.
examples: text: You need to find the smartest routes and optimize the nitro boost to win.
ref: 2007, Bendik Stang, The Book of Games, Book of Games, →ISBN, page 256:
text: Reaching down to his control panel , he pushed a big red button marked “nitro” . When the nitro mixed with the gasoline in the engine of Vane's monstrous machine, a giant fireball shot out from behind, launching the machine forward and almost knocking Vane right out of his seat.
ref: 2007 11, Bill Franklin, Trent the Racing Turtle, Trent The Racing turtle, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: Nitrous oxide; the system that adds nitrous oxide to a car engine; by extension, a boost mechanic to speed up cars in a video game.
Derived terms: desnitro
dinitro-
dinitro
dinitronaphthalene
halonitroalkane
hexanitro
hydronitroxide
mononitro
nitraniline
nitroalkene
nitrobenzaldehyde
nitrodiamantane
nitro musk
nitroolefin
nitroquinoline
nitroquinoxaline
nitro sugar
tetranitro
trinitro
nitro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: nī'trō
ipa: /ˈnaɪtɹəʊ/
rhymes: -aɪtɹəʊ
Senses: examples: text: Nitro compounds tend to be unstable and often explosive.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing the nitro group.
Derived terms: nitro acid
nitro blue tetrazolium chloride
nitro powder
Related terms: nitro-
nitro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: nitr-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). See niter.
Senses: glosses: nitrate, nitrogen
glosses: containing the nitro functional group
Derived terms: nitrazepam
nitrile
nitro
nitroanisol
nitrobenzamide
nitrobenzide
nitrobenzinic
nitrobutyric
nitrocaprylic
Nitrochalk
nitrocinnamic
nitro-compound
nitrocumene
nitrocymene
nitro-derivative
nitro-explosive
nitrofenac
nitrofrangulic
nitroglauberite
nitro-group
nitrohematate
nitrohematic
nitrohippuric
nitrohydrochloric acid
nitroleucate
nitroleucic
nitroleum
nitrolic acid
nitrolim
nitromagnesite
nitromannite
nitromeconic
nitromesidine
nitromesitylene
nitro-metal
nitromethane
nitrometric
nitromuriate
nitromuriatic acid
nitronaphthalase
nitronaphthalene
nitronaphthalese
nitronaphthalic
nitronaphthalin
nitronium
nitrophenesic
nitrophenid
nitrophenisic
nitropicric
nitroprusside
nitrosaccharate
nitrosaccharic
nitrosalicylic
nitrosamine
nitro-silk
nitrostrychnia
nitro-substitute
nitrosulfuric
nitrosulphuric
nitrosyl
nitrotoluol
nitrovaleric
nitrovitriolic
nitruret
nitryl
Related terms: nitrogen
nitron
nitroso-
tanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangas
Senses: examples: text: The larines are woorth by just value basaruchies 93 and 3 fourth parts, and 4 larines make a seraphine of siluer, which is 5 tangas of good money, and these also haue serafagion of 6, 7, 8, 10, vntil 16, by the 100, for when the ships depart for the North, to say, for Chaul, Diu, Cambaia, or Bassaim, all cary of the same, because it is money more currant then any other.
ref: 1810, Richard Haklvyt, Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and DIscoveries of the English Nation- Volume 2, page 410:
text: The first and largest item is, the purchase of a wife, 25 rupees. Culinary and other utensils.--Bedding, 6 rupees; antimony for the lady's eyes, 3 tangas : an iron boiler, 2 rupees; a wooden bowl and spoons, 3 tangas; ....
ref: 1841, The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres, page 136:
text: The prices range from 120 tangas = Rupees 25 to 400 tangas = Rupees 80.
ref: 1875, Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, under command of Sir T[homas] D. Forsyth, page 73:
text: Three-sevenths, or 300,000 tangas (100,000 Kabul rupees) were remitted to the Amir as tribute, whilst the remaining sum, 400,000 tangas (Rs. 133,333), was retained by the wali for his own expenses.
ref: 1996, Jonathan L. Lee, The "Ancient Supremacy":, →ISBN:
text: The Samarkand tangas were initially 916 carats, and then rose to 960 carats. Lower-carat tangas were issued in Balkh (875 carats, 916 carats) and in Tashkent. Nevertheless, even the tangas issued under Iskandar Khan are referred to in documentary sources as 'pure'.
ref: 2003, Ahmad Hasan Dani, Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, →ISBN:
glosses: Any of various former Asian coins, including: a coin of Portuguese India worth one tenth of a rupee; a gold coin of India issued by various Muslim rulers; a silver coin of India, also issued by Muslim rulers; and a former silver coin of Tibet.
tanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangas
Etymology: From Portuguese tanga, from Kimbundu tanga or ntanga (“coarse cloth; loincloth”).
Senses: glosses: A pair of tanga briefs.
nitrobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrobacteria
Etymology: From nitro- + bacterium.
Senses: glosses: Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
Related terms: Bradyrhizobiaceae
Nitrobacter
Nitrobacteraceae
Nitrosomonadaceae
ammonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: əmō'nēəm
ipa: /əˈmoʊni.əm/
Forms: form: ammoniums
Etymology: From New Latin ammōnium. Equivalent to ammonia + -ium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent NH₄⁺ cation, derived by the protonation of ammonia
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any similar cation formed by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl or aryl radicals
Derived terms: alkylammonium
ammonian
ammonitrate
ammonium acetate
ammonium bicarbonate
ammonium bisulfate
ammonium carbamate
ammonium carbonate
ammonium chloride
ammonium hydroxide
ammonium imine
ammonium laureth sulfate
ammoniumlike
ammonium nitrate
ammonium phosphate
ammonium phosphatide
ammonium polyvanadate
ammonium sulfate
ammonium sulphate
ammoniumyl
ammonium ylide
benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium
bisammonium
butylammonium
ceric ammonium nitrate
cetyltriethylammonium
cetyltrimethylammonium
cuprammonium
cuproammonium
dialkylammonium
diammonium
diazonium
ferric ammonium citrate
mercurammonium
metalammonium
methylammonium
monoammonium
onium
oxoammonium
polyammonium
quaternary ammonium
quaternary ammonium compound
quaternium
rhodammonium
tetraalkylammonium
tetrabutylammonium
tetradecyltrimethylammonium
tetraethylammonium
triammonium
tricyclohexylammonium
triethylammonium
trimethylphenylammonium
bootlegger reverse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootlegger reverses
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: An automobile driving maneuver where the driver puts the vehicle in a controlled skid in order to quickly reverse the vehicle's bearing to the opposite direction.
Synonyms: handbrake turn
moonshiner's turn
punaany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of punani.
trichophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪliə
Etymology: From tricho- + -philia.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sexology
sexuality
glosses: A paraphilia in which one is sexually aroused by, or extremely fond of, human hair.
topics: lifestyle
sexology
sexuality
glosses: Any hair-related fetish.
Coordinate terms: trichomania
Related terms: trichophile
Claude
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɔːd/
ipa: /klɔd/
ipa: /klɑd/
ipa: /kloːd/
rhymes: -ɔːd
homophone: clawed
homophone: clod (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: Claudes
form: Claud
Etymology: Roman family name Claudius, from Latin claudus (“lame”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin.
glosses: A placename
A city, the county seat of Armstrong County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Claude glass
Related terms: word: Claudia
subfusc
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭb-fŭsk'
ipa: /sʌbˈfʌsk/
rhymes: -ʌsk
Forms: form: more subfusc
form: most subfusc
Etymology: From Latin subfuscus (“moderately dark”).
Senses: examples: text: The courtiers tramping across the green eye the: [the Duke of] Suffolk with his big beard, his flashing eye, his big chest, and Master Secretary [Thomas Cromwell] subfusc, low-slung, square.
ref: 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, London: Fourth Estate, page 6:
glosses: Having subdued colors.
subfusc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭb-fŭsk'
ipa: /sʌbˈfʌsk/
rhymes: -ʌsk
Forms: form: subfuscs
Etymology: From Latin subfuscus (“moderately dark”).
Senses: glosses: Dark clothing.
glosses: Clothing acceptable, by regulation at certain universities, for an examination or official event.
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Formal clothing worn on special academic occasions.
Related terms: subfuscous
grommet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɒm.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈɡɹʌm.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈɡɹɑ.mɪt/
rhymes: -ɒmɪt
Forms: form: grommets
form: grummet
form: gromet
Etymology: From obsolete French gromette (“curb chain”) (modern spelling gourmette).
Senses: glosses: A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A ring formed of a single strand of rope, laid in three times round, fastening the upper edge of a sail to its stay.
qualifier: flags
glosses: An eyelet at the hoist end of a flag, used to fasten the flag to its halyard.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
snowboarding
sports
surfing
synonyms: grem
gremlin
gremmie
gremmy
glosses: A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder.
glosses: A boy serving on a ship.
Synonyms: topics: nautical
transport
word: cringle
word: grom
Derived terms: drop grommet
edge grommet
grommet edging
surgical grommet
cable grommet
grommet press
grommet punch
grommet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɒm.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈɡɹʌm.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈɡɹɑ.mɪt/
rhymes: -ɒmɪt
Forms: form: grommets
form: grommeting
form: grommeted
form: grommeted
form: grummet
form: gromet
Etymology: From obsolete French gromette (“curb chain”) (modern spelling gourmette).
Senses: examples: text: The device takes the form of a guard for the punch presses which are used in grommeting mail bags in the process of manufacture.
ref: 1923, “American Machinist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 58, numbers 23-26, page 919:
text: There was little point in grommeting the hole, since the wrapping was already as rigid and tough as its invisibility permitted.
ref: 2007, Wil McCarthy, The Wellstone, page 225:
glosses: To insert a grommet into.
glosses: To fasten using a grommet.
glosses: To apply grommets.