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Accompaniment
noun · 78% connection
A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Attachment
noun · 78% connection
Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Buckle
noun · 78% connection
A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as par…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Creeper
noun · 78% connection
Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Crib
noun · 78% connection
A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Cutter
noun · 78% connection
That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the st…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Deckle
noun · 78% connection
A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Direct-acting
adjective · 78% connection
Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Disjoint
verb · 78% connection
To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Dissect
verb · 78% connection
To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Divide
verb · 78% connection
To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Element
noun · 78% connection
One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Envelop
noun · 78% connection
A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Face
noun · 78% connection
The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Flask
noun · 78% connection
The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Foundation
noun · 78% connection
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing course…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Frame
noun · 78% connection
A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
Gauntry
noun · 78% connection
A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: part, separate, frame, supporting, some.
