English words for 'a loaf of French bread'
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noun
- one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
- (US, Ireland, Scotland, Australia) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- the lower end of a ship's mast
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
- the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
- the back part of the human foot
- (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- (usually in the plural) A high-heeled shoe.
- (specifically, US) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
- The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
- Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
- (nautical) The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- The part of a carding machine's flat nearest the cylinder.
- (card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
- The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
- (informal, synecdochic) A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate, or thoughtless person.
- (metallurgy) Material stored in a smelting furnace between batches
- (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
- The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead, as opposed to the toe (upper end).
- (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
- (carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
- The last or lowest part of anything.
- (music) The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
- (nautical) The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
- (architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
- (golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
- (by extension, slang, professional wrestling) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
verb
- follow at the heels of a person
- put a new heel on
- strike with the heel of the club
- tilt to one side
- perform with the heels
- (chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt.
- (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- (US, intransitive) At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.
- (American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
- To cause to follow at somebody’s heels (transitive).
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- (rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in") Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”).
- (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
- (golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To kick with the heel.
noun
- A round loaf of bread.
- A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
- One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
- (woodworking) Alternative form of buhl.
- A round piece of dough.
- (woodworking) A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
- (historical) A council of citizens in Ancient Greece
- an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
verb
noun
- A long French bread roll, baguette.
- A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.
- An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
- (music) A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
- A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
- (colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
- (architecture, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
- A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.
- A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
- a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
- a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
- a tall narrow wineglass
verb
noun
- A circular loaf of white bread.
- A blooming flower.
- (informal, originally Australia) A large or embarrassing mistake; blunder.
- (historical) A reform costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the ankles, and often a broad-brimmed hat.
- (figurative) One who blooms, matures, or develops.
- An ironworker.
- Attributive form of bloomers.
- (historical, by extension) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
- an embarrassing mistake
- a flower that blooms in a particular way
noun
- (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
- (US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
- (countable, uncountable) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
- (aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
- (uncountable) Profit, plunder.
- (footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
- (uncountable) A blow with the foot; a kick.
- (firearms) A hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun.
- (baseball) A bobbled ball.
- (informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
- (US, military, usually plural) A soldier, especially a footsoldier.
- (Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- (slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
- (US, transport) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
- (slang, motor racing) A tyre.
- (slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
- (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
- (British, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.
- (figurative, with definite article) Oppression, an oppressor.
- an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
- protective casing for something that resembles a leg
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
- footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
- the act of delivering a blow with the foot
verb
- (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
- (colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
- (informal) To eject; kick out.
- (transitive) To kick.
- (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- (slang) To vomit.
- To put boots on, especially for riding.
- cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
- kick; give a boot to
noun
- (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (leather trades) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
- The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
- (Canada, US, Cumbria, Philippines, slang) The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
- (dialectal) The entire ground (range) on which archers' target practice takes place.
- The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
- A mark to be shot at; a target.
- The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
- (colloquial, Wales) Synonym of butty (“a friend or buddy”).
- (usually as "butt of (a) joke") A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
- (Northern England) Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
- (lacrosse) The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
- (slang, metonymic) Body; self.
- (slang) The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
- A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- (mechanical) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
- (countable) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
- (carpentry) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
- The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- A thrust in fencing.
- (shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- (English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun.
- (slang) A used cigarette.
- the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
- a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
- finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
- a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
- thick end of the handle
- a victim of ridicule or pranks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, eastern Canada, parts of the northeastern US) To cut in line (in front of someone).
- (transitive) To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
- To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
- (intransitive) To strike bluntly with the head.
- to strike, thrust or shove against
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- place end to end without overlapping
noun
- A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.
- narrow French stick loaf
- (zoology) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
- (ethnic slur, mildly offensive, slang) A French person, or a person of French descent.
- (slang, US) Money.
- (architecture) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
- A gem cut in such a shape.
- A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
noun
intj
verb
noun
- (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
- A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
- Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
- (cellular automata) A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.
- (informal, slang) A catloaf.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Ellipsis of loaf of bread: the brain or the head.
- a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
- a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
verb
noun
name
noun
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
- (colloquial, childish) Clipping of bunny (“rabbit”).
- A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
- (British, slang) A drunken spree.
- (slang) A young girl or woman.
- (Internet slang) A newbie.
- A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
- (Caribbean and MLE, slang) marijuana cigarette, joint
- (Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.
- (Canada, US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A buttock.
- A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
- (slang) The vagina.
- (Northern England, especially Northumbria) Any bread roll.
verb
noun
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- walking with a swaying gait
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
- rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
- photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- a list of names
- a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
- the act of throwing dice
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- anything rolled up in cylindrical form
- a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
- a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
- A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- (programming) An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (firefighting) A 14-day deployment.
- An official or public document; a register; a record.
- (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
- A swagger or rolling gait.
- That which is rolled up.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- (finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
- A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
- (US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
- A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
- A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
verb
- boil vigorously
- pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
- cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- show certain properties when being rolled
- flatten or spread with a roller
- occur in soft rounded shapes
- begin operating or running
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- shape by rolling
- move by turning over or rotating
- take the shape of a roll or cylinder
- emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
- arrange or coil around
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- execute a roll, in tumbling
- move, rock, or sway from side to side
- (ambitransitive, of a camera) To (cause to) film.
- (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
- (slang, intransitive) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
- (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, intransitive) To walk, especially leisurely or idly; to stroll.
- (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- (intransitive, in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
- (ergative, sometimes figurative) To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
- (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- (ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- (intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
- (ergative) To move upon rollers or wheels.
- (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- (intransitive, video games) To drum on the reverse of a game controller with one's fingers in rapid succession, pushing the controller face into the opposite hand such that a button is rapidly pressed and depressed.
- (transitive, martial arts) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- (transitive) To create a customized version of.
- (ergative, slang) To (cause to) betray secrets or testify for the prosecution.
- (transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
- (US, slang, intransitive) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- (programming) To perform an operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (computing) To generate a random number.
- (ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
- (roleplaying games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- (ergative) To turn over in one's mind, as of deep thoughts; to (cause to) be considered thoroughly.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To compete, especially with vigor.
- (transitive, music) To briskly arpeggiate (a chord), typically in an upward motion.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw.
- (transitive) To beat up; to assault.
- (intransitive, shipping) To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
- (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- (intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- (transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
noun
- A slice, especially of bread.
- Alternative spelling of shiva.
- A beam or plank of split wood.
- A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
- A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.
- A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
- (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.
- A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
- Alternative form of shiv.
noun
noun
- (by extension) A loaf bread filled with leftover bits of meat and cheese, and other remains.
- (New York City, food) A loaf bread which contains chunks of prosciutto and provolone, using lard.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prosciutto, bread. (i.e. bread with prosciutto slices on top)
- (by extension) Similar loaf breads which contains other sorts of deli meats, other cheeses, and using other oils and fats.
noun
- a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes
- (informal) Synonym of baguette: a long thin loaf of bread with a thick crust and often having large bubbles of air inside, popular in and associated with France.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see French, bread: any of many types of bread made in France or said to be made faithfully in the style thereof.
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verb
noun
noun
- small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
- any of various small flat sweet cakes
- (US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
- (UK, India, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, uncommon in the US and the Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
- (especially nautical) Any of several hard bread or breadlike foodstuffs, especially those formerly supplied to naval ships and armies, made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
- A light brown colour.
- (chiefly Canada, US, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
- (slang) The head.
- (ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).
- A form of unglazed earthenware.
- (UK, Ireland, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia) A cracker.
- (US, slang, hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.
- (New Zealand) An inner tube used in the sport of tubing, or biscuiting.
- (woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
verb
noun
- Ellipsis of Italian bread.
- (uncountable, cooking) A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with Italy or Italian people.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of Italian vermouth, a dark-colored sweet or mildly bitter vermouth.
- (countable, textiles) Ellipsis of Italian cloth.
- (uncountable) The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland; various varieties (dialects) exist.
- (countable, Maine) Ellipsis of Italian sandwich.
- (countable) An inhabitant of Italy or a person of Italian descent.
- a native or inhabitant of Italy
- the Romance language spoken in Italy
adj
noun
- The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
- A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
- A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
- Ellipsis of crumb rubber.
- (slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).
- (figuratively) A bit, small amount.
- A small piece of any other solid substance.
- (slang) A nobody; a worthless person.
- a very small quantity of something
- small piece of e.g. bread or cake
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
verb
noun
- unsweetened yeast-raised bread made without shortening and baked in long thick loaves with tapered ends
- (cooking) A type a crusty, yeasted bread prepared without shortening and unsweetened, baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Italian, bread: any of many types of bread made in Italy or said to be made faithfully in the style thereof.
noun
- (chiefly uncountable) Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
- slices of bread that have been toasted
- (countable, obsolete outside India) A piece of toast.
- (countable, music, slang, Jamaica) A type of extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
- (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A transient, informational unclickable pop-up overlay, less interactive than a snackbar.
- (countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
- (countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
- (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
- (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or fire; something which has been burnt to a crisp or incinerated.
- a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
- a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention
- a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
verb
- (transitive) To cook lightly by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
- (music, slang, Jamaica) To perform an extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
- (transitive) To warm thoroughly.
- (ambitransitive) To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something.
- (intransitive, specifically) To cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill.
- propose a toast to
- make brown and crisp by heating
noun
- (chiefly Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (music) Ellipsis of steelpan.
- (rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
- A part; a portion.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- A bedpan.
- (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- (firearms) The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
- (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- Alternative form of paan.
- (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- shallow container made of metal
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verb
- (imaging, intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
- (sound engineering, intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
- (photography, intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- (sound engineering, transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
- express a totally negative opinion of
- make a sweeping movement
noun
- (Ireland, Southern England, West Country) The soft inner portion of a loaf of bread.
- Chiefly of animals: the soft tissue inside a spinal cord; the spinal marrow; also, the spinal cord itself.
- Chiefly in of (great) pith and moment: gravity, importance, substance, weight.
- The energy, force, or power of speech or writing; specifically, such force or power due to conciseness; punch, punchiness.
- The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
- A quality of courage and endurance; backbone, mettle, spine.
- The essential or vital part of something; the essence.
- (mathematics) One divided by pi, that is, 1/π (approximately 0.31831…).
- The albedo (“whitish inner portion of the rind”) of a citrus fruit.
- The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
- Physical power or strength; force, might.
- The soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organs; specifically, the spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather.
- soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
adj
verb
noun
- (Midlands) A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread.
- A male swan.
- Any of the gold and silver coins that were minted in the Spanish Empire and valued in reales or escudos, such as the piece of eight—especially those which were crudely struck and irregularly shaped.
- (music, historical) A cylinder with pins in it, encoding music to be played back mechanically by a barrel organ.
- The seed-bearing head of a plant.
- A small fish, the miller's thumb.
- A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, stone, or excrement.
- A spider (cf. cobweb).
- A horse having a stout body and short legs.
- (uncountable) A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.
- Alternative form of COB.
- A corncob.
- Abbreviation of cobble.
- A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
- A large fish, especially the kabeljou (variant spelling of kob).
- (East Anglia) A gull, especially the black-backed gull (Larus marinus); also spelled cobb.
- Clipping of cobnut.
- adult male swan
- white gull having a black back and wings
- stocky short-legged harness horse
- nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
verb
- (Northern UK, colloquial) To throw, chuck, lob.
- To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
- (of growing corn) To have the heads mature into corncobs.
- To remove the kernels from a corncob.
- To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
- To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.
- To break up ground with a hoe.
- To thresh.
noun
- A Latin American toast (toasted bread).
- (often in the plural) A flat tortilla that has been fried or toasted, or a dish based on this, usually associated with the cuisine of Latin America.
- (southern California) A bowl-shaped tortilla that has been fried and filled with various ingredients.
- a flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it
- a crisp flat tortilla
noun
noun
- one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
- (US, Ireland, Scotland, Australia) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- the lower end of a ship's mast
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
- the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
- the back part of the human foot
- (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- (usually in the plural) A high-heeled shoe.
- (specifically, US) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
- The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
- Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
- (nautical) The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- The part of a carding machine's flat nearest the cylinder.
- (card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
- The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
- (informal, synecdochic) A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate, or thoughtless person.
- (metallurgy) Material stored in a smelting furnace between batches
- (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
- The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead, as opposed to the toe (upper end).
- (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
- (carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
- The last or lowest part of anything.
- (music) The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
- (nautical) The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
- (architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
- (golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
- (by extension, slang, professional wrestling) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
verb
- follow at the heels of a person
- put a new heel on
- strike with the heel of the club
- tilt to one side
- perform with the heels
- (chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt.
- (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- (US, intransitive) At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.
- (American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
- To cause to follow at somebody’s heels (transitive).
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- (rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in") Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”).
- (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
- (golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To kick with the heel.
noun
- A round loaf of bread.
- A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
- One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
- (woodworking) Alternative form of buhl.
- A round piece of dough.
- (woodworking) A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
- (historical) A council of citizens in Ancient Greece
- an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
verb
noun
- A long French bread roll, baguette.
- A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.
- An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
- (music) A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
- A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
- (colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
- (architecture, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
- A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.
- A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
- a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
- a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
- a tall narrow wineglass
verb
noun
- A circular loaf of white bread.
- A blooming flower.
- (informal, originally Australia) A large or embarrassing mistake; blunder.
- (historical) A reform costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the ankles, and often a broad-brimmed hat.
- (figurative) One who blooms, matures, or develops.
- An ironworker.
- Attributive form of bloomers.
- (historical, by extension) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
- an embarrassing mistake
- a flower that blooms in a particular way
noun
- (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
- (US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
- (countable, uncountable) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
- (aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
- (uncountable) Profit, plunder.
- (footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
- (uncountable) A blow with the foot; a kick.
- (firearms) A hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun.
- (baseball) A bobbled ball.
- (informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
- (US, military, usually plural) A soldier, especially a footsoldier.
- (Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- (slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
- (US, transport) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
- (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
- (slang, motor racing) A tyre.
- (slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
- (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
- (British, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.
- (figurative, with definite article) Oppression, an oppressor.
- an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
- protective casing for something that resembles a leg
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
- footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
- the act of delivering a blow with the foot
verb
- (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
- (colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
- (informal) To eject; kick out.
- (transitive) To kick.
- (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- (slang) To vomit.
- To put boots on, especially for riding.
- cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
- kick; give a boot to
noun
- (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (leather trades) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
- The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
- (Canada, US, Cumbria, Philippines, slang) The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
- (dialectal) The entire ground (range) on which archers' target practice takes place.
- The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
- A mark to be shot at; a target.
- The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
- (colloquial, Wales) Synonym of butty (“a friend or buddy”).
- (usually as "butt of (a) joke") A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
- (Northern England) Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
- (lacrosse) The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
- (slang, metonymic) Body; self.
- (slang) The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
- A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- (mechanical) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
- (countable) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
- (carpentry) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
- The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- A thrust in fencing.
- (shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- (English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun.
- (slang) A used cigarette.
- the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
- a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
- finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
- a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
- thick end of the handle
- a victim of ridicule or pranks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, eastern Canada, parts of the northeastern US) To cut in line (in front of someone).
- (transitive) To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
- To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
- (intransitive) To strike bluntly with the head.
- to strike, thrust or shove against
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- place end to end without overlapping
noun
- A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.
- narrow French stick loaf
- (zoology) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
- (ethnic slur, mildly offensive, slang) A French person, or a person of French descent.
- (slang, US) Money.
- (architecture) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
- A gem cut in such a shape.
- A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
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verb
noun
- (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
- A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
- Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
- (cellular automata) A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.
- (informal, slang) A catloaf.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Ellipsis of loaf of bread: the brain or the head.
- a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
- a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
verb
noun
name
noun
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
- (colloquial, childish) Clipping of bunny (“rabbit”).
- A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
- (British, slang) A drunken spree.
- (slang) A young girl or woman.
- (Internet slang) A newbie.
- A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
- (Caribbean and MLE, slang) marijuana cigarette, joint
- (Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.
- (Canada, US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A buttock.
- A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
- (slang) The vagina.
- (Northern England, especially Northumbria) Any bread roll.
verb
noun
- small rounded bread either plain or sweet
- walking with a swaying gait
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
- rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
- photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
- a list of names
- a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
- the act of throwing dice
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- anything rolled up in cylindrical form
- a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
- a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
- A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- (programming) An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (firefighting) A 14-day deployment.
- An official or public document; a register; a record.
- (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
- A swagger or rolling gait.
- That which is rolled up.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- (finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
- A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
- (US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
- A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
- A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
verb
- boil vigorously
- pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
- cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- show certain properties when being rolled
- flatten or spread with a roller
- occur in soft rounded shapes
- begin operating or running
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- shape by rolling
- move by turning over or rotating
- take the shape of a roll or cylinder
- emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
- arrange or coil around
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- execute a roll, in tumbling
- move, rock, or sway from side to side
- (ambitransitive, of a camera) To (cause to) film.
- (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
- (slang, intransitive) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey; sometimes with out.
- (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, intransitive) To walk, especially leisurely or idly; to stroll.
- (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- (intransitive, in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
- (ergative, sometimes figurative) To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
- (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- (ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- (intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
- (ergative) To move upon rollers or wheels.
- (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- (intransitive, video games) To drum on the reverse of a game controller with one's fingers in rapid succession, pushing the controller face into the opposite hand such that a button is rapidly pressed and depressed.
- (transitive, martial arts) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
- (transitive) To create a customized version of.
- (ergative, slang) To (cause to) betray secrets or testify for the prosecution.
- (transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
- (US, slang, intransitive) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- (programming) To perform an operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- (computing) To generate a random number.
- (ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
- (roleplaying games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- (ergative) To turn over in one's mind, as of deep thoughts; to (cause to) be considered thoroughly.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To compete, especially with vigor.
- (transitive, music) To briskly arpeggiate (a chord), typically in an upward motion.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch, yaw.
- (transitive) To beat up; to assault.
- (intransitive, shipping) To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
- (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- (intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- (transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
noun
- A slice, especially of bread.
- Alternative spelling of shiva.
- A beam or plank of split wood.
- A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
- A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.
- A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
- (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.
- A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
- Alternative form of shiv.
noun
noun
- (by extension) A loaf bread filled with leftover bits of meat and cheese, and other remains.
- (New York City, food) A loaf bread which contains chunks of prosciutto and provolone, using lard.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prosciutto, bread. (i.e. bread with prosciutto slices on top)
- (by extension) Similar loaf breads which contains other sorts of deli meats, other cheeses, and using other oils and fats.
noun
- a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes
- (informal) Synonym of baguette: a long thin loaf of bread with a thick crust and often having large bubbles of air inside, popular in and associated with France.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see French, bread: any of many types of bread made in France or said to be made faithfully in the style thereof.
noun
verb
noun
noun
- small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
- any of various small flat sweet cakes
- (US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
- (UK, India, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, uncommon in the US and the Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
- (especially nautical) Any of several hard bread or breadlike foodstuffs, especially those formerly supplied to naval ships and armies, made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
- A light brown colour.
- (chiefly Canada, US, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
- (slang) The head.
- (ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).
- A form of unglazed earthenware.
- (UK, Ireland, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia) A cracker.
- (US, slang, hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.
- (New Zealand) An inner tube used in the sport of tubing, or biscuiting.
- (woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
verb
noun
- Ellipsis of Italian bread.
- (uncountable, cooking) A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with Italy or Italian people.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of Italian vermouth, a dark-colored sweet or mildly bitter vermouth.
- (countable, textiles) Ellipsis of Italian cloth.
- (uncountable) The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland; various varieties (dialects) exist.
- (countable, Maine) Ellipsis of Italian sandwich.
- (countable) An inhabitant of Italy or a person of Italian descent.
- a native or inhabitant of Italy
- the Romance language spoken in Italy
adj
noun
- The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
- A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
- A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
- Ellipsis of crumb rubber.
- (slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).
- (figuratively) A bit, small amount.
- A small piece of any other solid substance.
- (slang) A nobody; a worthless person.
- a very small quantity of something
- small piece of e.g. bread or cake
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
verb
noun
- unsweetened yeast-raised bread made without shortening and baked in long thick loaves with tapered ends
- (cooking) A type a crusty, yeasted bread prepared without shortening and unsweetened, baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Italian, bread: any of many types of bread made in Italy or said to be made faithfully in the style thereof.
noun
- (chiefly uncountable) Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
- slices of bread that have been toasted
- (countable, obsolete outside India) A piece of toast.
- (countable, music, slang, Jamaica) A type of extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
- (countable, computing, graphical user interface) A transient, informational unclickable pop-up overlay, less interactive than a snackbar.
- (countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
- (countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
- (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
- (uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or fire; something which has been burnt to a crisp or incinerated.
- a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
- a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention
- a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
verb
- (transitive) To cook lightly by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
- (music, slang, Jamaica) To perform an extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
- (transitive) To warm thoroughly.
- (ambitransitive) To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something.
- (intransitive, specifically) To cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill.
- propose a toast to
- make brown and crisp by heating
noun
- (chiefly Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (music) Ellipsis of steelpan.
- (rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
- A part; a portion.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- A bedpan.
- (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- (firearms) The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
- (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- Alternative form of paan.
- (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- shallow container made of metal
adj
verb
- (imaging, intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
- (sound engineering, intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
- (photography, intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- (sound engineering, transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
- express a totally negative opinion of
- make a sweeping movement
noun
- (Ireland, Southern England, West Country) The soft inner portion of a loaf of bread.
- Chiefly of animals: the soft tissue inside a spinal cord; the spinal marrow; also, the spinal cord itself.
- Chiefly in of (great) pith and moment: gravity, importance, substance, weight.
- The energy, force, or power of speech or writing; specifically, such force or power due to conciseness; punch, punchiness.
- The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
- A quality of courage and endurance; backbone, mettle, spine.
- The essential or vital part of something; the essence.
- (mathematics) One divided by pi, that is, 1/π (approximately 0.31831…).
- The albedo (“whitish inner portion of the rind”) of a citrus fruit.
- The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
- Physical power or strength; force, might.
- The soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organs; specifically, the spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather.
- soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
adj
verb
noun
- (Midlands) A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread.
- A male swan.
- Any of the gold and silver coins that were minted in the Spanish Empire and valued in reales or escudos, such as the piece of eight—especially those which were crudely struck and irregularly shaped.
- (music, historical) A cylinder with pins in it, encoding music to be played back mechanically by a barrel organ.
- The seed-bearing head of a plant.
- A small fish, the miller's thumb.
- A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, stone, or excrement.
- A spider (cf. cobweb).
- A horse having a stout body and short legs.
- (uncountable) A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.
- Alternative form of COB.
- A corncob.
- Abbreviation of cobble.
- A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
- A large fish, especially the kabeljou (variant spelling of kob).
- (East Anglia) A gull, especially the black-backed gull (Larus marinus); also spelled cobb.
- Clipping of cobnut.
- adult male swan
- white gull having a black back and wings
- stocky short-legged harness horse
- nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
verb
- (Northern UK, colloquial) To throw, chuck, lob.
- To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent.
- (of growing corn) To have the heads mature into corncobs.
- To remove the kernels from a corncob.
- To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle.
- To chip off unwanted pieces of stone, so as to form a desired shape or improve the quality of mineral ore.
- To break up ground with a hoe.
- To thresh.
noun
- A Latin American toast (toasted bread).
- (often in the plural) A flat tortilla that has been fried or toasted, or a dish based on this, usually associated with the cuisine of Latin America.
- (southern California) A bowl-shaped tortilla that has been fried and filled with various ingredients.
- a flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it
- a crisp flat tortilla
noun
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