Cab

  • 111cab|a|ret — «KAB uh ma>A, KAB uh ray», noun. 1. a) a restaurant offering singing and dancing as entertainment. b) the entertainment: »Students in Leipzig were…putting on a satirical cabaret (Manchester Guardian Weekly). 2. a set of dishes for coffee or… …

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  • 112cab|bage|head — «KAB ihj HEHD», noun. 1. a head of cabbage. 2. Informal. a large, round head. 3. Informal, Figurative. a stupid person: »We hear persons whose talents are rather of the solid than the brilliant order spoken of as “cabbageheads” (Nation). ╂[<… …

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  • 113cab|ba|ges and kings — «KAB uh jihz», miscellaneous subjects, as of conversation or discussion, in allusion to the lines: “ The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealingwax Of cabbages and kings ” from Lewis Carroll s… …

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  • 114cab|bage|worm — «KAB ihj WURM», noun. any one of various larvae which feed on cabbages, such as the larva of the cabbage white …

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  • 115cab|bag|y — «KAB uh jee», adjective. of or like a cabbage: »a cabbagy odor …

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  • 116cab|e|zon — «KAB uh zon; Spanish KAH bay SOHN», noun. a surf fish of the Pacific Coast of North America. ╂[American English < Spanish cabezón (originally) big headed < cabeza head, ultimately < Latin caput, itis] …

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  • 117cab|i|net-wood — «KAB uh niht WUD, KAB niht », noun. wood suitable for cabinetwork, such as oak, walnut, or mahogany …

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  • 118cab|i|net|eer — «KAB uh nuh TIHR, KAB nuh », noun. Also, Cabineteer. Informal. a cabinet member …

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  • 119cab|i|net|mak|er — «KAB uh niht MAY kuhr, KAB niht », noun. a person whose work is making fine furniture and woodwork …

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  • 120cab|i|net|mak|ing — «KAB uh niht MAY kihng, KAB niht », noun. the cabinetmaker s occupation or skill …

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