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book |
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a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone |
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book |
Noun
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a written version of a play or other dramatic composition |
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book |
Noun
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a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made |
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book |
Noun
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a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game |
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book |
Noun
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a record in which commercial accounts are recorded |
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book |
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to engage for a performance |
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book |
Verb
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to record a charge in a police register |
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book |
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to arrange for and reserve something for someone else in advance |
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book |
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to register in a hotel booker |
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bottle bank |
Noun
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a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling |
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box pleat |
Noun
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a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it |
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bottlebrush |
Noun
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a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles |
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box spring |
Noun
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a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
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bottlecap |
Noun
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a cap that seals a bottle |
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box wrench |
Noun
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a wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head |
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body armor |
Noun
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armor that protects the wearer's whole body |
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bottleneck |
Noun
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the narrow part of a bottle near the top |
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bottleneck |
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a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel |
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bottleneck |
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to become narrow |
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bottleneck |
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to slow down or impede by creating an obstruction |
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box end wrench |
Noun
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a wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head |
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body armour |
Noun
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armor that protects the wearer's whole body |
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brace |
Noun
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a structural member used to stiffen a framework |
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brace |
Noun
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a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring |
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brace |
Noun
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an appliance that corrects dental irregularities |
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brace |
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a support that steadies or strengthens something else |
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brace |
Noun
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elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) |
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brace |
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a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it |
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brace |
Noun
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either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material |
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brace |
Noun
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a set of two similar things considered as a unit |
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brace |
Noun
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two items of the same kind |
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brace |
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to support by placing braces |
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brace |
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to support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace |
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brace |
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to prepare oneself for something unpleasant or difficult |
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bottle opener |
Noun
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an opener for removing caps or corks from bottles |
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bottling plant |
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a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
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body bag |
Noun
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a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed |
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bitstock |
Noun
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a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring |
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boucle |
Noun
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a fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect |
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book bag |
Noun
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a bag in which students carry their books |
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braces |
Noun
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an appliance that corrects dental irregularities |
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body lotion |
Noun
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lotion applied to the body after bathing |
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boudoir |
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a lady's bedroom or private sitting room |
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bookbindery |
Noun
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a bookbinder's workshop |
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body stocking |
Noun
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a one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs) |
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boulle |
Noun
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an inlaid furniture decoration |
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bookcase |
Noun
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a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books |
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body plethysmograph |
Noun
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plethysmograph consisting of a chamber surrounding the entire body |
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boule |
Noun
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an inlaid furniture decoration |
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bookend |
Noun
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a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table) |