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Amber room
unknown · 78% connection
A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Base
adjective · 78% connection
Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Basi-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Board
noun · 78% connection
A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Calcimine
noun · 78% connection
A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc whit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Ceiling
verb · 78% connection
The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Cocoon
noun · 78% connection
silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Dado
noun · 78% connection
In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Deal
noun · 78% connection
The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Divan
noun · 78% connection
A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Drawing-room
noun · 78% connection
A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Epicycle
noun · 78% connection
A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the defer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Floor
verb · 78% connection
To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Flooring
noun · 78% connection
A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor, n.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Girder
noun · 78% connection
A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or buil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Guard
noun · 78% connection
To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surpri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Joist
noun · 78% connection
A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
Lath
noun · 78% connection
A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, pla…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: board, woodwork, carried, round, walls.
