dirt (noun)

  • 101fingernail — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ sharp ▪ black, dirty ▪ broken ▪ manicured ▪ …

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  • 102dish — noun 1》 a shallow, flat bottomed container for cooking or serving food.     ↘(the dishes) all the items used in the preparation, serving, and eating of a meal.     ↘a shallow, concave receptacle: a soap dish.     ↘(also dish aerial) a bowl shaped …

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  • 103grime — noun dirt ingrained on a surface. verb blacken or make dirty with grime. Derivatives grimily adverb griminess noun grimy adjective (grimier, grimiest). Origin ME: from Mid. Low Ger. and MDu …

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  • 104grunge — noun 1》 informal grime; dirt. 2》 a style of rock music characterized by a raucous guitar sound and lazy vocal delivery. 3》 a casual style of fashion including loose, layered clothing and ripped jeans. Derivatives grunginess noun grungy adjective… …

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  • 105smut — noun 1》 a small flake of soot or dirt. 2》 a fungal disease of cereals in which parts of the ear change to black powder. 3》 indecent or obscene talk, writing, or pictures. verb (smuts, smutting, smutted) 1》 mark with smuts. 2》 infect with smut.… …

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  • 106bocci — noun Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court • Syn: ↑bocce, ↑boccie • Hypernyms: ↑bowling * * * noun plural but usually singular in construction see boccie …

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  • 107dirty dog — noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible only a rotter would do that kill the rat throw the bum out you cowardly little pukes! the British call a contemptible person a git • Syn: ↑rotter, ↑ …

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  • 108dirty war — noun an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims thousands of people… …

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  • 109dirty word — noun 1. an offensive or indecent word or phrase • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑smut, ↑vulgarism, ↑filth • Derivationally related forms: ↑filthy (for: ↑filth), ↑ …

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  • 110fuel filter — noun a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel • Hypernyms: ↑filter • Part Holonyms: ↑fuel system * * * noun : an attachment to the fuel line of an automotive internal combustion engine that filters the… …

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