bestowal | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowment, conferment, conferral |
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(noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowment |
bestower | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: conferrer, donor, giver, presenter |
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bestowment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, conferment, conferral |
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(noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowal |
cowtown | (noun) a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America | Synonyms: cow town |
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dishtowel | (noun) a towel for drying dishes | Synonyms: dish towel, tea towel |
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downtown | (noun) the central area or commercial center of a town or city | Synonyms: business district |
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hometown | (noun) the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence | - |
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kotow | (noun) a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission | Synonyms: kowtow |
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kowtow | (noun) a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission | Synonyms: kotow |
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shantytown | (noun) a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties | - |
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stowage | (noun) the act of packing or storing away | Synonyms: stowing |
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(noun) a room in which things are stored | Synonyms: storage room, storeroom |
(noun) the charge for stowing goods | - |
stowaway | (noun) a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage | - |
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stowing | (noun) the act of packing or storing away | Synonyms: stowage |
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tow | (noun) the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope | Synonyms: towage |
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towage | (noun) the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope | Synonyms: tow |
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towboat | (noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | Synonyms: tower, tug, tugboat |
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towel | (noun) a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping | - |
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toweling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: towelling |
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towelling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: toweling |
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tower | (noun) a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building | - |
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(noun) anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | Synonyms: column, pillar |
(noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | Synonyms: towboat, tug, tugboat |
towhead | (noun) a person with light blond hair | - |
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towhee | (noun) any of numerous long-tailed American finches | - |
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towline | (noun) (nautical) a rope used in towing | Synonyms: towing line, towing rope, towrope |
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town | (noun) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | Synonyms: townsfolk, townspeople |
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(noun) an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city | - |
(noun) an administrative division of a county | Synonyms: township |
townee | (noun) townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dweller | - |
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towner | (noun) a resident of a town or city | Synonyms: townsman |
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townie | (noun) resident of a college town not affiliated with the college | Synonyms: towny |
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townsfolk | (noun) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | Synonyms: town, townspeople |
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township | (noun) an administrative division of a county | Synonyms: town |
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townsman | (noun) a person from the same town as yourself | - |
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(noun) a resident of a town or city | Synonyms: towner |
townspeople | (noun) the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | Synonyms: town, townsfolk |
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towny | (noun) resident of a college town not affiliated with the college | Synonyms: townie |
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towpath | (noun) a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats | Synonyms: towing path |
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towrope | (noun) (nautical) a rope used in towing | Synonyms: towing line, towing rope, towline |
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undertow | (noun) the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore | Synonyms: sea-poose, sea-purse, sea-puss, sea purse, sea puss |
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(noun) an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling | - |
uptown | (noun) a residential part of town away from the central commercial district | - |
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watchtower | (noun) an observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies | - |
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