Explore further
Words connected by meaning
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
Alloy
verb · 78% connection
A baser metal mixed with a finer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Attenuate
verb · 78% connection
To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Boast
verb · 78% connection
To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Bolt
verb · 78% connection
To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Bolter
noun · 78% connection
An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Burlap
noun · 78% connection
A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Cabinetmaker
noun · 78% connection
One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Cabinetwork
noun · 78% connection
The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Congo
noun · 78% connection
Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Cover
noun · 78% connection
A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Cribration
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Duck
noun · 78% connection
A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Elutriation
noun · 78% connection
The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Equipage
noun · 78% connection
Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Etagere
noun · 78% connection
A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Etui
noun · 78% connection
A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Fell
noun · 78% connection
The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
Fine
adjective · 78% connection
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occupation, making, finer, articles, household.
