the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…
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a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "‘smog’ is a blend of ‘smoke’ and ‘fog’"; "‘motel’ is a portmanteau word made by combining ‘motor’ and ‘hotel’"; "‘brunch’ is a well-known portmanteau"
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a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.the act of attaching or affixing something
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "‘smog’ is a blend of ‘smoke’ and ‘fog’"; "‘motel’ is a portmant…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.the act of blending components together thoroughly
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted i…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.the act of combining things to form a new whole
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.the act of combining things to form a new whole
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.the act of combining things to form a new whole
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Historical word formation, Word formation.the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
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A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of sta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.Capable of two meanings.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formed, joining, others, combining, meanings.
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