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said to express gratitude, or on parting (slang). Also cheerio. used as a toast or valediction chemist pharmacist, pharmacy (US similar: druggist, drugstore) student or researcher of chemistry chew a chewy sweet [31] (US: taffy) to break down food with the teeth, masticate
Cargo 200: Corpses of soldiers Military slang: Military code word used in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet states referring to the transportation of military casualties Cark-it [4] To die Informal, another version of 'croaked it'; common in UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand The guy was running, had a heart attack and carked it.
Synonyms often express a nuance of meaning or are used in different registers of speech or writing. Various technical domains may employ synonyms to convey precise technical nuances. Some writers avoid repeating the same word in close proximity, and prefer to use synonyms: this is called elegant variation. Many modern style guides criticize this.
WordNet is a lexical database of semantic relations between words that links words into semantic relations including synonyms, hyponyms, and meronyms. The synonyms are grouped into synsets with short definitions and usage examples. It can thus be seen as a combination and extension of a dictionary and thesaurus.
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
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This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom.In Canada and Australia, some of the American terms listed are widespread; however, in some cases, another usage is preferred.