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Bas-relief: Definition and part of speech

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Bas-relief

  1. n. Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; — called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.

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.

Bass: Definition and part of speech

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Bass

  1. pl. of Bass
  2. n. An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.
  3. n. The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.
  4. n. Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.
  5. n. The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish.
  6. n. The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.
  7. n. A hassock or thick mat.
  8. a. A bass, or deep, sound or tone.
  9. a. The lowest part in a musical composition.
  10. a. One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass.
  11. 1pl. 1 of Bass

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.

Basisphenoidal: Definition and part of speech

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Basisphenoidal

  1. a. Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

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.

Bask: Definition and part of speech

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Bask

  1. v. t. To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.
  2. v. t. To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.

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.

Basket: Definition and part of speech

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Basket

  1. v. t. To put into a basket.
  2. n. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.
  3. n. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
  4. n. The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
  5. n. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.

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.