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noun
- A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool.
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| cabin |
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noun
- A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
- Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin.
- 1994: "And that was how long we stayed in the , pressed together, pulling the future out of each other, sweating and groaning and making sure each of us remembered." -From Life Drawing in the collection Violet Quill, Michael Grumley
- A compartment on land, usually comprised of log, logs.
- A private room on a ship.
- The captain's .
- Passengers shall remain in their cabins.
- The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
- The passenger area of an airplane.
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| cable |
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noun
- A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- An assembly of two or more wires which are used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more may be insulated.
- (nautical) A heavy rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship
- (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables
- I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
- A telegram
- (finance) in financial markets 'cable' is used to refer to the currency pair Great British Pounds against United States Dollars
- (nautical) A unit of length
verb to cable
- To send a telegram
- To wrap wires to form a cable
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| caisson |
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noun (wikipedia, caisson (engineering))
- an enclosure, from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc
- the gate across the entrance to a dry dock
- (nautical) a floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out to lift the object by buoyancy; a camel
- a two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals); a large box to hold ammunition
- in architecture, a variant of coffer
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| canopy |
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noun (canopies)
- A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
- In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
- In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the speed.
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| cantilever |
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noun
- (architecture) A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
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| Canton |
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proper noun
- An alternative (former) name for Guangzhou in China.
- An alternative (former) name for Guangdong in China.
- A topographical surname of French or Galician derivation
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| capital |
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noun
- A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
- Washington D.C. is the of the United States of America.
- The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe"s youngest .
- (economics) money, Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
- An uppercase letter.
- (architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
adjective
- of prime importance
- (context, British) excellent
- That is a idea!
- involving punishment by death
- Not all felonies are crimes.
- uppercase
- One begins a sentence with a letter.
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| cartouche |
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noun
- (architecture) an ornamental figure, often on an oval shield
- (Egyptian hieroglyphics) an oval figure containing characters that represent the names of royal or divine people
- a paper cartridge
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| caryatid |
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noun
- A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element, used as a support for entablature.
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| castellated |
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adjective
- Like a castle.
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| chalet |
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noun
- an Alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves
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| chamber |
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noun
- A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.
- 1845, w:Edgar Allen Poe, Edgar Allen Poe, s:The Raven, The Raven,
- : Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my door.
- An enclosed space. For example, a test chamber is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.
- In a firearm, this is the portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge.
- Dianne loaded a cartridge into the of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
- One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others.
- The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower .
verb
- To enclose in a room.
- She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.
- To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
- The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.
- To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
- The rifle was originally chambered for 9MM, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.
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| chancel |
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noun
- The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
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noun (chateaux, pl2=chateaus)
- (alternative spelling of, chí¢teau)
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| chimney |
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noun
- A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydro-carbon based fuels); a flue.
- 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island
- : Our was a square hole in the roof: it was but a little part of the smoke that found its way out, and the rest eddied about the house, and kept us coughing and piping the eye.
- The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
- A narrow cleft in a rock face.
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| Churrigueresque |
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adjective
- Relating to a Spanish baroque architectural style that started in the late 17th century to the early 18th century; characterized by flamboyant ornamentation
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| cincture |
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noun
- An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing
- A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment
verb to cincture
- To girdle, circle or surround
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| clerestory |
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noun (clerestories)
- (architecture) the upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral
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| cloister |
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noun
- A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle.
- A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; life in such a place.
verb
- (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
- (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- (transitive) To protect or isolate.
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verb Past and past participle of cloister.
adjective
- Pertaining to one who lives in a cloister or a cloister-like environment, or who was raised that way.
- Pertaining to isolation, protection, being hidden way for the sake of maintaining innocence; naive, lacking in worldliness.
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| closure |
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noun
- an event or occurence that signifies an ending
- a feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period
- (computing): an abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound variable, bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope
- (mathematics): the smallest object that both includes the object as a subset and possesses some given property
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| coffer |
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noun
- a strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
- (architecture) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
- a cofferdam
- a supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization
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abbreviation
- COunter INsurgency (military)
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| colonnade |
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noun
- A series of columns at regular intervals.
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| columbarium |
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noun , plural columbaria or columbariums
- a dovecote; one of the pigeonholes in a dovecote
- a large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons, particularly those of ancien regime France.
- (context, by extension) a building, a vault or some similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains, or a niche in such a place
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| compartment |
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noun
- A room, or section, or chamber
- "Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class carriage."
- One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.
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| composite |
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noun
- A mixture of different components.
- A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
- (botany) A plant belonging to the family Compositae.
- (mathematics) A function of a function.
verb (composit, ing)
- To make a composite.
- I composited an image using computer software.
adjective
- Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
- (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
- (mathematics) Not prime; having factors.
- (botany) Being a member of the Compositae family (now known as Asteraceae).
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| conge |
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noun
- A concave molding.
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| console |
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noun
- A cabinet designed to stand on the floor.
- A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.
- The keyboard and screen of a computer.
- A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
- A video game console, especially as opposed to a handheld.
- (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
verb (consol, ing)
- (transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
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| Corinthian |
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noun
- An inhabitant or a resident of Corinth, and its suburbs.
- An inhabitant, a resident of; a thing that originates from Corinthia
- A well-dressed nineteenth-century Englishman of high social standing and wealth who was a neck-or-nothing rider of fine horseflesh, an accurate shot with duelling pistols, a swordsman of distinction, and an amateur pugilist who had learned the art and science of boxing.
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| cornice |
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noun - (architecture) The topmost architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
- A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown moulding.
- A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
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noun (plural: coronae or coronas)
- A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
- (star): The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse,
- (biology): Any crown-like appendage of a plant or animal.
- (electrical): a low energy discharge caused by ionization of a gas by an electric field quite common at conductor bends of 12kV or higher.
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noun - A small crown worn by a noble. In the British system, they are worn only at coronations. The German equivalent is Adelskrone.
- Kind hearts are more than coronets,
- And simple faith than Norman blood. -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Lady Clara Vere de Vere''
- The ring of tissue between a a horse's hoof and its leg.
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| crest |
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noun
- A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
- The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed above a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer.
- (heraldry): A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.
- The upper curve of a horse's neck.
- The ridge or top of a wave.
- The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
- The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
- The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
- The top line of a slope or embankment.
verb
- Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
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verb
- (present participle of, crest)
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| crossing |
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noun - An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
- A voyage across a body of water
- (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it
adjective - (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
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| cruck |
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noun - a sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs.
- Quotations
- 1952: To construct such a house, it is necessary to select an oak with a branch growing out at an angle of about 45°; the upper part of the tree, above the fork, having been cut off, the trunk and branch are roughly squared and divided in half . If the two halves are then placed opposite one another, with the branch ends pegged together, they constitute what was usually known as a 'cruck' or, more correctly, 'a pair of crucks'. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 195.
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| curtail |
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verb
- To limit or restrict.
- Their efforts to spending didn't quite succeed.
- To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
- When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
- (obsolete) To cut short the tail of a horse.
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| curtain |
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noun
- A piece of cloth covering a window to keep the sun from shining inside.
- A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
verb
- To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
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| cusp |
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noun
- A sharp point or pointed end.
- (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
- (geometry) A point of a curve where it has two tangents.
- (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal astrological sign, signs and houses.
- (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
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