Helen Fenton

Broiler: Definition and part of speech

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Broiler

  1. n. A chicken or other bird fit for broiling.
  2. n. One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels.
  3. n. One who broils, or cooks by broiling.
  4. n. A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Broken-backed: Definition and part of speech

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Broken-backed

  1. a. Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; — said of a ship.
  2. a. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brokenness: Definition and part of speech

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Brokenness

  1. n. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.
  2. n. The state or quality of being broken; unevenness.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.