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Alternative spelling of analog hole [The vulnerability in copy protection schemes for non-interactive digital works, whereby the eventual analog output can be copied (as by re-recording music as it plays) even if the digital representation is secure.]
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A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
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(archaic) A funeral pyre.
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Alternative spelling of barchan [An arc-shaped sand ridge comprising well-sorted sand.]
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Alternative spelling of barchan [An arc-shaped sand ridge comprising well-sorted sand.]
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Alternative form of barrelhead [The flat top of a barrel that has been stood vertically.]
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Alternative form of barrelhead [The flat top of a barrel that has been stood vertically.]
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The flat top of a barrel that has been stood vertically.
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(geology) The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
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A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.
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An irrigation system based on a series of beds and ridges.
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A simple shelter, made using flexible branches or withies.
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(transitive) To furnish with timber; timber.
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(Scotland) An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, to admit air or light.
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A pillow with a right-angled bend in the middle, resembling the shape of a traditional returning boomerang.
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(UK, naval, slang) A projectile.
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Alternative form of brick and mortar [(UK) Buildings, especially domestic housing.]
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A hidden nook; a hiding place.
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(military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
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(horticulture) A system of horticulture in which plants are arranged in mosaic or geometrical designs.
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Alternative form of cathole [A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc in order to bury faeces.]
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Alternative form of cathole [A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc in order to bury faeces.]
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A spring supporting the frame of a carriage, shaped like the letter C.
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(architecture) A vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.
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containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney
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The upper part of a chimneystack
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Someone who contains; something that contains.
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(Scotland) Anything arched or vaulted.
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(US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
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(coopering) The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
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The cribbing used to support anything from below or on a side, as with a retaining wall, or to prop up a piece of heavy machinery.
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(anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
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(rare, informal) Resembling a cube; cuboid.
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(obsolete, architecture) The lowest course of stones in a building.
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Alternative form of cul-de-sac [A blind alley or dead end street.]
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(US) a domestic underground shelter used as protection from severe winds
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the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
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(Scotland) One who builds stone walls, usually without lime.
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A flap of material serving as a crude door to a tent etc.
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Alternative spelling of foxhole [The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.]
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(military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
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(military slang) A concealed place where one can hide in safety, especially during a war; a dugout.
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(UK, colloquial) Gaffer tape.
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A narrow pit or trench over which a vehicle can be driven and conveniently worked on from beneath.
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One of the large stones forming the base of a Cornish hedge.
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(engineering) A protrusion on the surface of a wheel or continuous track segment, intended to increase traction in soil, snow, or other loose material
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A pile of hay, either loose or in bales, used as a bed.
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(Britain, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
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A grave marker made of wood.
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(architecture) The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.
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Alternative spelling of hidey-hole [An isolated or secluded place; a hideaway or hideout.]
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Alternative spelling of hidey-hole [An isolated or secluded place; a hideaway or hideout.]
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An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
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(colloquial, chiefly Britain) An automated teller machine (ATM).
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Alternative form of hovelling [A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.]
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(dialectal) An artificial barrow or tumulus.
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An arch of the thickness of one brick.
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A small hole in a door through which a person can spy without being seen from the other side, used especially in prisons.
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(UK, dialect, obsolete) A hip roof.
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In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.
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(UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
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(obsolete) A person skilled at constructing leats.
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Having a ledge or ledges.
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Alternative form of loophole [(historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light. Also written loop hole.]
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A large tent-like structure used for trapping flying insects.
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(UK, slang) An improvised club-like weapon made of tightly rolled and bent newspaper, allegedly used by football hooligans.
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(historical, surveying) A man employed to dig pits and erect mounds as reference markers for surveys.
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A hole through which a mouse enters a room.
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A rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle.
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(rare) A chamber above the entrance to a fortification where defenders hide and shoot at invaders trapped in the entryway below.
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Alternative spelling of oyster bed [A place on the seabed where oysters are grown to be harvested.]
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Alternative spelling of pigeonhole [One of an array of compartments for housing pigeons.]
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A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
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Alternative spelling of pinhole [A small hole, of a size that could have been made by a pin]
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A house constructed by some Native Americans out of planks held together by rope
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Alternative form of priest hole [(UK) A secret compartment in a large house, used as a hiding place for priests during the times when Catholicism was forbidden.]
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Alternative form of quebrada (“ravine or valley in Latin America”) [A ravine or valley in Latin America.]
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(usually with article) A way into such a world.
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(US, informal) Hiring someone who creates business opportunities or revenue.
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Alternative form of rathole [An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.]
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(printing) A pigeonhole.
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A place where reeds grow.
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Formed into a row, or rows; having a specified number of rows.
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An ancient saddle-shaped form of quern.
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An opening at the crest of a sharp fold in sedimentary rocks, occupied by ore.
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(archaic, Wales) A pavement or stepping stone.
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(obsolete) A portcullis.
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A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
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Alternative form of shelterbelt [A row of trees that acts as a windbreak]
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Furnished with a shelterbelt.
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(transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
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(military) A narrow defensive trench sufficient for one or two soldiers.
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The topping of historic walls with turf and soil to reduce frost and water damage.
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(medicine) A cradle, as for a broken limb.
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An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
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Alternative spelling of spandrel [(architecture) The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them.]
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(military) A small, usually camouflaged hole dug in the ground where someone can hide.
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A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.
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(mining) To support with such a prop.
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(of natural terrain) Having a flat top.
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(slang, dated) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
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Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
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(military) A trou-de-loup.
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(military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
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A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.
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(UK, dialect) A steelyard.
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(obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
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A kind of Ancient Roman road, paved with stone blocks.
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(mining, archaic, dialect) A vug.
adj
Furnished with a windbreak.
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