bulge (noun)

  • 81bag — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi Date: 13th century 1. a usually flexible container that may be closed for holding, storing, or carrying something: as a. purse; especially handbag b. a bag for game c. suitcase 2 …

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  • 82Bracket — A term signifying the extent an underwriter s commitment in a new issue, e.g., major bracket or minor bracket. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * bracket brack‧et [ˈbrækt] noun [countable] 1. a particular range that an amount or number …

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  • 83bracket — A term signifying the extent of an underwriter s commitment in a new issue, e.g., major bracket or minor bracket. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * bracket brack‧et [ˈbrækt] noun [countable] 1. a particular range that an amount or number,… …

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  • 84bag — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. receptacle, case, container, pouch, sack. v. trap, capture, take, catch; sag, droop, hang; bulge, protrude, swell. See acquisition, pendency, convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A container] Syn. purse …

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  • 85overhang — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. project over, jut; impend, threaten. See convexity, prediction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. protrusion, obtrusion, overlap, overlie, droop, suspension, imbrication, beetling, jutting, extension; see… …

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  • 86prominence — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A projection] Syn. jut, protrusion, bump; see bulge , projection . 2. [Notability] Syn. renown, influence, distinction; see fame 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. renown fame, distinction, eminence, reputation,… …

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  • 87CONVEX — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index convex noun bill2, bulge, bump (2), nose verb bulge, poke concave depression, hole adjective …

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  • 88project — 1. noun 1) an engineering project Syn: plan, program, enterprise, undertaking, venture; proposal, idea, concept, scheme 2) a history project Syn: assignment, piece of work, pie …

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  • 89bump — 1. noun 1) I landed with a bump Syn: jolt, crash, smash, smack, crack, bang, thud, thump; informal whack, wallop 2) I was woken by a bump Syn: bang, crack …

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  • 90bag — /bæg / (say bag) noun 1. a receptacle of leather, cloth, plastic, paper, etc. 2. a suitcase or other portable receptacle for carrying articles. 3. a handbag. 4. the contents of a bag. 5. a. a sandbag. b. the bags, World War I Colloquial the… …