companion (noun) en
11companion — noun a) A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years. b) A person employed to …
12companion cell — noun : one of the elongated parenchyma cells lying next to and supposedly associated physiologically with the sieve tube in many seed plants, developing with the sieve tube from the same mother cell, sometimes extending the full length of the… …
13companion cell — noun Date: 1887 a living nucleated cell that is closely associated in origin, position, and probably function with a cell making up part of a sieve tube of a vascular plant …
14companion piece — noun Date: 1844 a work (as of literature) that is associated with and complements another …
15companion ladder — noun Either of two ladders leading from the raised quarterdeck of a sailing ship to the upper deck …
16companion animal — noun A pet …
17Companion of Honour — noun a member of an order of knighthood founded in 1917 …
18Companion of Literature — noun a holder of an honour awarded by the Royal Society of Literature …
19companion ladder — noun a companionway …
20companion set — noun Brit. a collection of fireside implements on a stand …