axletree | (noun) a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve | - |
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bourtree | (noun) a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies | Synonyms: black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra |
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doubletree | (noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast | - |
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entree | (noun) an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage | - |
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(noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway |
(noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, accession, admission, admittance |
(noun) the principal dish of a meal | Synonyms: main course |
rooftree | (noun) a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters | Synonyms: ridge, ridgepole |
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shoetree | (noun) a wooden or metal device that is inserted into a shoe to preserve its shape when it is not being worn | - |
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(verb) stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree | Synonyms: tree |
street | (noun) a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings | - |
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(noun) the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel | - |
(noun) people living or working on the same street | - |
(noun) the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction | - |
(noun) a situation offering opportunities | - |
streetcar | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity | Synonyms: tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car |
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streetlight | (noun) a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street | Synonyms: street lamp |
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streetwalk | (verb) walk the streets in search of customers | Synonyms: street-walk |
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streetwalker | (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | Synonyms: floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl |
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streetwise | (adjective) having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment | Synonyms: street smart, with-it |
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swingletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: whiffletree, whippletree |
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tree | (noun) a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | - |
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(noun) a figure that branches from a single root | Synonyms: tree diagram |
(verb) stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree | Synonyms: shoetree |
(verb) chase an animal up a tree | - |
(verb) plant with trees | - |
(verb) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | Synonyms: corner |
treed | (adjective) forced to turn and face attackers | Synonyms: at bay, cornered, trapped |
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treehopper | (noun) small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs | - |
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treeless | (adjective) not wooded | Synonyms: unwooded |
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treelet | (noun) a small tree | - |
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treelike | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped |
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treenail | (noun) a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast | Synonyms: trenail, trunnel |
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treetop | (noun) the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant | Synonyms: crown |
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whiffletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: swingletree, whippletree |
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whippletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: swingletree, whiffletree |
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