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noun
- (historical) An awning that stretched over the seating area of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome and other Roman amphitheaters.
- A cloth stretched over another space, such as that stretched below the roof of the Royal Albert Hall.
- (zoology) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.
noun
- (architecture) An acroterium.
- (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- (countable, slang) A police informant.
- (architecture) A crossette.
- (clothing) The outer panels or flaps (protrusions) of a diaper upon which the fasteners are located, which are fastened around the wearer's waist.
- The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
- (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
- (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- (baking) A curled ridge in the crust of a loaf of bread where the dough was slashed before going into the oven and expands during baking.
- The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
- (graph theory) A path whose endpoints may coincide but in which otherwise there are no repetitions of vertices or edges.
- That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; a foot-rest or step of a spade or a similar digging tool.
- (journalism) A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.
- good hearing
- the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
- attention to what is said
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
verb
noun
- (historical) An Ancient Roman mausoleum.
- (espionage) An internal spy; a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.
- A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
- Any of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America countries, especially one that contains chocolate and is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.
- A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoil.
- (chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×10²³ elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]
- A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines.
- (rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.
- A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.
- Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole-rats.
- Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.
- (nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.
- (slang, derogatory, chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A moll, a bitch, a slut.
- a spy who works against enemy espionage
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin
- small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
- spicy sauce often containing chocolate
verb
noun
- A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- (by extension) Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
- (figurative) Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.
- a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- someone that is abnormally large and powerful
noun
- (historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.
- (by extension, countable, Internet slang) An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
- (informal) Clipping of metamour.
- Boundary marker.
- (video games) Clipping of metagame.
- (fandom slang) Clipping of metanalysis: metanalysis or metacommentary focused on media, fandom, or related topics, typically presented as an essay or dialogue.
- (informal) Clipping of metaoidioplasty.
adj
noun
- A proscenium arch.
- (in an ancient theater) The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.
- (in a modern theater) The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
- (in an ancient theater) The row of columns at the front of the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.
- the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater
- the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
noun
name
noun
- (architecture) The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
- A sea urchin.
- (architecture) The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
- (architecture) The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
- ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
noun
verb
noun
- An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica.
- A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base.
- (by extension) Any structure or diagram with many members at the bottom and progressively fewer towards the top.
- (neuroanatomy) A medullary pyramid, the medial-most bumps on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata
- (card games, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Pyramid. (a solitaire card game)
- (geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.
- (journalism) An approximately triangular headline consisting of several centered lines of text of increasing length.
- A pyramid scheme.
- (card games) The triangular layout of cards in the game of Pyramid.
- a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
- (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases their holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
verb
- (transitive, genetics) To combine (a series of genes) into a single genotype.
- (intransitive) To employ, or take part in, a pyramid scheme.
- To build up or be arranged in the form of a pyramid.
- (finance) To engage in pyramid trading.
- use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
- arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
- increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
- enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
noun
- A prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones.
- A large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument.
- (by extension) A large stone or block of stone used in the construction of a modern structure.
- memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
name
- (historical) The citadel and temples on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
- (US, with context or qualifier) The chief building in any state capital in which the state legislature meets.
- The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.
- The town hall of Toulouse, France.
noun
- (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
- (historical) In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
- a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
- a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
- a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
- A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
- (figurative) A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
- (military, World War II) A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
- A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
- (virology) An RNA structure similar to a viroid, with a rod-like secondary structure, which comprises its own phylogenetic group.
- (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant.
- A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.
- a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
- a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
verb
noun
- (architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
- (heraldry, usually in the plural) A whirlpool used as a heraldic charge.
- (US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
- (geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.
- (botany) The throat of a flower.
- An act of gorging.
- (architecture, military, fortification) The rearward side of an outwork, a bastion, or a fort, often open, or not protected against artillery; a narrow entry passage into the outwork of an enclosed fortification.
- (mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.
- (fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
- Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
- a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
adj
verb
- (transitive) To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.
- (transitive) To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; (US, specifically) of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [with on]
- (transitive) To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
noun
- (in the plural, archaeology) Statues made from marble.
- The marbling in meat.
- (countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
- (uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
- a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
- a sculpture carved from marble
- a small ball of glass that is used in various games
adj
verb
- (by extension, figurative) To lace or be laced throughout.
- (intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.
- (transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
- (intransitive, of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
- (transitive) To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.
- paint or stain like marble
adj
- Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
- Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
- (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
- Synonym of palatial.
- relating to or lying near the palate
- of or relating to a palace
- of or relating to a count palatine and the palatine's royal prerogatives
noun
- (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine.
- (historical) A fur cape or stole worn by women, which covers the neck and shoulders.
- (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone.
- Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
- A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
- (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
- any of various important officials in ancient Rome
- either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
noun
- (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
- An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.
- (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
- (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
verb
noun
- the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand
- (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
- a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
- a playing field where sports events take place
- a particular environment or walk of life
- An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).
- The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.
- A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
noun
- (historical) Any citadel or complex of buildings similar to the Roman Capitol, particularly Italian and Roman citadels including temples to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.
- (US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
- (historical) Alternative form of capitoul (“the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France”).
- a building occupied by a state legislature
noun
- (historical) An awning that stretched over the seating area of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome and other Roman amphitheaters.
- A cloth stretched over another space, such as that stretched below the roof of the Royal Albert Hall.
- (zoology) The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.
noun
- (architecture) An acroterium.
- (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- (countable, slang) A police informant.
- (architecture) A crossette.
- (clothing) The outer panels or flaps (protrusions) of a diaper upon which the fasteners are located, which are fastened around the wearer's waist.
- The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
- (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
- (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- (baking) A curled ridge in the crust of a loaf of bread where the dough was slashed before going into the oven and expands during baking.
- The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
- (graph theory) A path whose endpoints may coincide but in which otherwise there are no repetitions of vertices or edges.
- That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; a foot-rest or step of a spade or a similar digging tool.
- (journalism) A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.
- good hearing
- the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
- attention to what is said
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
verb
noun
- (historical) An Ancient Roman mausoleum.
- (espionage) An internal spy; a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.
- A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
- Any of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America countries, especially one that contains chocolate and is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.
- A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoil.
- (chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×10²³ elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]
- A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines.
- (rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.
- A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.
- Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole-rats.
- Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.
- (nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.
- (slang, derogatory, chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A moll, a bitch, a slut.
- a spy who works against enemy espionage
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin
- small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
- spicy sauce often containing chocolate
verb
noun
- A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- (by extension) Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
- (figurative) Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.
- a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- someone that is abnormally large and powerful
noun
- (historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.
- (by extension, countable, Internet slang) An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
- (informal) Clipping of metamour.
- Boundary marker.
- (video games) Clipping of metagame.
- (fandom slang) Clipping of metanalysis: metanalysis or metacommentary focused on media, fandom, or related topics, typically presented as an essay or dialogue.
- (informal) Clipping of metaoidioplasty.
adj
noun
- A proscenium arch.
- (in an ancient theater) The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.
- (in a modern theater) The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
- (in an ancient theater) The row of columns at the front of the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.
- the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater
- the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
noun
name
noun
- (architecture) The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
- A sea urchin.
- (architecture) The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
- (architecture) The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
- ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
noun
verb
noun
- An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica.
- A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base.
- (by extension) Any structure or diagram with many members at the bottom and progressively fewer towards the top.
- (neuroanatomy) A medullary pyramid, the medial-most bumps on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata
- (card games, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Pyramid. (a solitaire card game)
- (geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.
- (journalism) An approximately triangular headline consisting of several centered lines of text of increasing length.
- A pyramid scheme.
- (card games) The triangular layout of cards in the game of Pyramid.
- a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
- (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases their holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
verb
- (transitive, genetics) To combine (a series of genes) into a single genotype.
- (intransitive) To employ, or take part in, a pyramid scheme.
- To build up or be arranged in the form of a pyramid.
- (finance) To engage in pyramid trading.
- use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
- arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
- increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
- enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
noun
- A prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones.
- A large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument.
- (by extension) A large stone or block of stone used in the construction of a modern structure.
- memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
noun
- (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
- (historical) In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
- a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
- a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
- a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
- A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
- (figurative) A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
- (military, World War II) A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
- A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
- (virology) An RNA structure similar to a viroid, with a rod-like secondary structure, which comprises its own phylogenetic group.
- (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant.
- A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.
- a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
- a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
verb
noun
- (architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
- (heraldry, usually in the plural) A whirlpool used as a heraldic charge.
- (US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
- (geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.
- (botany) The throat of a flower.
- An act of gorging.
- (architecture, military, fortification) The rearward side of an outwork, a bastion, or a fort, often open, or not protected against artillery; a narrow entry passage into the outwork of an enclosed fortification.
- (mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.
- (fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
- Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
- a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
adj
verb
- (transitive) To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.
- (transitive) To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; (US, specifically) of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [with on]
- (transitive) To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
noun
- (in the plural, archaeology) Statues made from marble.
- The marbling in meat.
- (countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
- (uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
- a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
- a sculpture carved from marble
- a small ball of glass that is used in various games
adj
verb
- (by extension, figurative) To lace or be laced throughout.
- (intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.
- (transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
- (intransitive, of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
- (transitive) To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.
- paint or stain like marble
noun
- (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
- An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.
- (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
- (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
verb
noun
- the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand
- (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
- a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
- a playing field where sports events take place
- a particular environment or walk of life
- An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).
- The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.
- A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
noun
- (historical) Any citadel or complex of buildings similar to the Roman Capitol, particularly Italian and Roman citadels including temples to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.
- (US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
- (historical) Alternative form of capitoul (“the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France”).
- a building occupied by a state legislature
Nessuna parola corrispondente trovata. Prova una descrizione più ampia.
adj
- Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
- Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
- (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
- Synonym of palatial.
- relating to or lying near the palate
- of or relating to a palace
- of or relating to a count palatine and the palatine's royal prerogatives
noun
- (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine.
- (historical) A fur cape or stole worn by women, which covers the neck and shoulders.
- (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone.
- Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
- A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
- (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
- any of various important officials in ancient Rome
- either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits