intensifier

noun

How to pronounce intensifier?

The word intensifier sounds like in-ten-si-fi-er
/ɪn'tɛnsə,faɪər/

What is the definition of intensifier?

nouna modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Examples
  • `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier
  • `honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier

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bacchanal

noun, adjective

How to pronounce bacchanal?

The word bacchanal sounds like bac-cha-nal
/,bɑkə'nɑl/

What is the definition of bacchanal?

nouna wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
nounsomeone who engages in drinking bouts
adjectiveused of riotously drunken merrymaking
Examples
  • a night of bacchanalian revelry
nouna drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

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blanche

How to pronounce blanche?

The word blanche sounds like Blanche

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shipping

noun

How to pronounce shipping?

The word shipping sounds like ship-ping

What is the definition of shipping?

nounconveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
nounthe commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

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scummy

adjective

How to pronounce scummy?

The word scummy sounds like scum-my
/'skəmi/

What is the definition of scummy?

adjectiveof the most contemptible kind
Examples
  • a scummy rabble
adjectivecovered with scum
Examples
  • the scummy surface of the polluted pond

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bartlett

noun

How to pronounce bartlett?

The word bartlett sounds like bart-lett
/'bɑrtlɪt/

What is the definition of bartlett?

nounUnited States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
nounUnited States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
nounjuicy yellow pear

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mascot

noun

How to pronounce mascot?

The word mascot sounds like mas-cot
/'mæskət/

What is the definition of mascot?

nouna character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure

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