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Bang
verb · 78% connection
To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Bar
noun · 78% connection
A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purpo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Batten
n . · 78% connection
A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Bed
noun · 78% connection
The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Block
verb · 78% connection
A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Blockade
verb · 78% connection
The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Bow
verb · 78% connection
A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Busk
noun · 78% connection
A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Controller
noun · 78% connection
An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Diptych
noun · 78% connection
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing wit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Dismantle
verb · 78% connection
To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Engraving
noun · 78% connection
An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Equatorial
noun · 78% connection
An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Fillet
noun · 78% connection
A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Fish-tackle
noun · 78% connection
A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Grave
verb · 78% connection
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
Isologous
adjective · 78% connection
Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
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: block, strip, wood, similar, material.
