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Bumper

A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

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Glass 76% connected

A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bump 74% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bump 74% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Auto 70% connected

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oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Car 70% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Machine 70% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Truck 70% connected

A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.

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