Category: Nouns

1 [noncount] : the act of giving money, food, or other kinds of help to people who are poor, sick, etc. The holidays are a time for charity and good will. also : something (such as money or food) that Read More …

a device that is used for weighing people or things [count] (US) a bathroom scale [plural] (British) He stepped onto the bathroom scales.

[noncount] informal SLEEP You’d better get some shut-eye.

[noncount] paper that is partly used or is of poor quality but that you can use for unimportant things Please take out a piece of scrap paper and practice the math problems on the board. — called also (British) rough Read More …

[count] a very large usually roofless building that has a large open area surrounded by many rows of seats and that is used for sports events, concerts, etc.

When some vehicle (like a car, a boat, or a helicopter) moves forward, the current flowing behind it is a slipstream: a current of air or water that follows closely behind that moving vehicle. Figuratively, a slipstream is something that seems to flow Read More …

someone who is not accepted by other people He felt like a social outcast.

[noncount] a type of handwriting in which all the letters in a word are connected to each other He writes in cursive when he takes notes. — cursive adjective cursive handwriting

Umbrage is a feeling of being annoyed, offended, and/or angry. Pronunciation: UM bridge Part of speech: Noun, the uncountable kind: “he took umbrage at her remark,” “she channels her umbrage into her art.” Other forms: umbrageous, umbrageously, umbrageousness How to use it: This word is formal and serious. Read More …

a terrible disaster [count] The oil spill was an environmental catastrophe. Experts fear a humanitarian catastrophe if food isn’t delivered to the refugees soon. global/nuclear/economic catastrophe [noncount] an area on the brink of catastrophe — catastrophic kætəˈstrɑːfɪk adjective [more catastrophic; most catastrophic] The effect of the war on the Read More …