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Turkey

An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.

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Bust 76% connected

A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Fizzle 76% connected

To make a hissing sound.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Flop 76% connected

To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Fowl 76% connected

Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Poultry 76% connected

Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 2

Gobbler 76% connected

A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Tom 76% connected

The knave of trumps at gleek.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fail 74% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Fail 74% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Component part 1

Breast 70% connected

The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Synonym 2

Bomb 92% connected

A great noise; a hollow sound.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Joker 92% connected

One who makes jokes or jests.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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