deal | (noun) the act of distributing playing cards | - |
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(noun) the act of apportioning or distributing something | - |
(noun) a particular instance of buying or selling | Synonyms: business deal, trade |
(noun) an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each | Synonyms: bargain |
(noun) the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement) | - |
(noun) the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time | Synonyms: hand |
(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
(noun) a plank of softwood (fir or pine board) | - |
(noun) wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) | Synonyms: softwood |
ideal | (noun) the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain | - |
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(noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
misdeal | (noun) an incorrect deal | - |
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ordeal | (noun) a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence | Synonyms: trial by ordeal |
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(noun) a severe or trying experience | - |