bookstall | (noun) a shop where books are sold | Synonyms: bookshop, bookstore |
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fingerstall | (noun) a sheath worn to protect a finger | Synonyms: cot |
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footstall | (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: pedestal, plinth |
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forestall | (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, foresee |
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(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent |
frontstall | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, testiere |
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headstall | (noun) the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head | Synonyms: headpiece |
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install | (verb) set up for use | Synonyms: instal, put in, set up |
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(verb) place | Synonyms: establish, instal, set up |
(verb) put into an office or a position | Synonyms: instal |
reinstall | (verb) install again | - |
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stall | (noun) a tactic used to mislead or delay | Synonyms: stalling |
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(noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: booth, cubicle, kiosk |
(noun) a booth where articles are displayed for sale | Synonyms: sales booth, stand |
(noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle |
(noun) a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed | - |
(noun) seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater | - |
(noun) a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge | - |
(verb) deliberately delay an event or action | - |
(verb) come to a stop | Synonyms: conk |
(verb) cause an engine to stop | - |
(verb) cause an airplane to go into a stall | - |
(verb) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes | - |
(verb) put into, or keep in, a stall | - |
(verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally |
tall | (adjective) great in vertical dimension; high in stature | - |
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(adjective) impressively difficult | - |
(adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: improbable, marvellous, marvelous |
(adjective) lofty in style | Synonyms: grandiloquent, magniloquent |
(adjective) having a specified height | Synonyms: in height |
(noun) a garment size for a tall person | - |
thumbstall | (noun) protective covering for an injured thumb | - |
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