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Club

A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

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Broader term 15

Assemble 76% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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Association 76% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Building 76% connected

of Build

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Collect 76% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Edifice 76% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Foregather 76% connected

Same as Forgather.

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Forgather 76% connected

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

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Garner 76% connected

A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Stick 76% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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Unify 76% connected

To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

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Unite 76% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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Narrower term 15

Athenaeum 76% connected

A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.

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Atheneum 76% connected

Alt. of Athenaeum

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Bat 76% connected

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

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Baton 76% connected

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.

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Billy 76% connected

A club; esp., a policeman's club.

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Bludgeon 76% connected

A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

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Chapter 76% connected

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

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Cudgel 76% connected

A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.

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Dive 76% connected

To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

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Fraternity 76% connected

The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.

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Hunt 76% connected

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…

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Iron 76% connected

The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.…

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Truncheon 76% connected

A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.

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Turnverein 76% connected

A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.

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Wood 76% connected

Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.

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Bludgeon 74% connected

A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

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Bludgeon 74% connected

A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

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Component part 1

Clubroom 70% connected

The apartment in which a club meets.

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Synonym 9

Bludgeon 92% connected

A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

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Cabaret 92% connected

A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed.

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Clubhouse 92% connected

A house occupied by a club.

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Gild 92% connected

To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

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Guild 92% connected

An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or cor…

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Lodge 92% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

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Nine 92% connected

Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.

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Order 92% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Society 92% connected

The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

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