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Burrow

An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

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Delve 76% connected

To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.

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Dig 76% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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Hole 76% connected

Whole.

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Hollow 76% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Warren 76% connected

A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and…

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Tunnel 92% connected

A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a fun…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accretion noun · 86% connection

(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment

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Bed noun · 86% connection

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"

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Break noun · 86% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Clast noun · 86% connection

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

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Clastic rock noun · 86% connection

(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks

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Deflation noun · 86% connection

(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of th…

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Eating away noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Eroding noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Erosion noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Esker noun · 86% connection

(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets

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Exceedance noun · 86% connection

(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…

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Fault line noun · 86% connection

(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface

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Fracture noun · 86% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Geologic process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geological fault noun · 86% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Geological formation noun · 86% connection

(geology) the geological features of the earth

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Geological process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geology noun · 86% connection

a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

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Albumen noun · 78% connection

Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury pa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Around adverb · 78% connection

In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Assimilable adjective · 78% connection

That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Assimilate verb · 78% connection

To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Bank noun · 78% connection

An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bill…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Bombardment noun · 78% connection

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or f…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Borough noun · 78% connection

In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, con…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Boroughmaster noun · 78% connection

The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

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Borsholder adjective · 78% connection

The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Burg noun · 78% connection

A borough.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Burgage noun · 78% connection

A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services re…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Burgess noun · 78% connection

An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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Burgh noun · 78% connection

A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorporated, town, borough.
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