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Yoke

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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Broader term 18

Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Cloth 76% connected

A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conjoin 76% connected

To join together; to unite.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connective 76% connected

Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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Connector 76% connected

One who, or that which, connects

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Deuce 76% connected

Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.

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Fabric 76% connected

The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Oppression 76% connected

The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.

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Pair 76% connected

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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Saddlery 76% connected

The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tack 76% connected

A stain; a tache.

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Textile 76% connected

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

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Two 76% connected

One and one; twice one.

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Manner of action 1

Inspan 76% connected

To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle.

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Narrower term 1

Tucker 76% connected

One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.

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Derivationally related 6

Link 74% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Link 74% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Match 74% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Match 74% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Component part 2

Fellow 70% connected

A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

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Mate 70% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Containing whole 1

Garment 70% connected

Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.

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Synonym 13

Brace 92% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Couple 92% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Couplet 92% connected

Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Coupling 92% connected

of Couple

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Distich 92% connected

A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Duad 92% connected

A union of two; duality.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Duet 92% connected

A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Duo 92% connected

A composition for two performers; a duet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dyad 92% connected

Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Link 92% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pair 92% connected

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Span 92% connected

imp. & p. p. of Spin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Twain 92% connected

Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.

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.

Antonym 2

Unyoke 94% connected

To loose or free from a yoke.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Unyoke 94% connected

To loose or free from a yoke.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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