Tag: Noun

(count) US a period of time when there is no electricity in a building or area The power outage left us in the dark for five hours. (=we did not have electrical power for five hours)

A harangue is a forceful or angry speech or piece of writing. After watching the popular documentary, he delivered a long harangue about the dangers of social media.

(count) 1 : a meeting in which you receive information on and training in a particular subject a writing seminar a seminar on career planning educational/investment seminars 2 : a class offered to a small group of students at a Read More …

A gargoyle is a strange or grotesque human or animal figure that sticks out from the roof of a building (such as a church) and is used to cause rainwater to flow away from the building’s sides. Some of the Read More …

(count, noncount) a German pastry made of thin dough rolled up with fruit filling and baked strawberry strudel

(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

(count) old-fashioned a small bouquet of flowers

1 : (count) : a lump of something There’s a gob of gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe. 2 : gobs (plural) US, informal : a large amount of something They make gobs of money. She wore gobs Read More …

formal a large amount of something (singular) — often + of a profusion of flowers/colors (noncount) The flowers grow in profusion.

(count) 1 : a business deal : an occurrence in which goods, services, or money are passed from one person, account, etc., to another business/commercial transactions The entire transaction took place over the phone. a real estate transaction a record Read More …