lecture (noun)
31lecture tour — /ˈlɛktʃə tʊə/ (say lekchuh toouh) noun an organised visit to several different places for the purpose of giving lectures, usually by invitation …
32clinical lecture — noun One given to students at the bedside of the sick • • • Main Entry: ↑clinic …
33curtain lecture — noun a private lecture to a husband by his wife • Hypernyms: ↑lecture, ↑speech, ↑talking to …
34curtain lecture — noun Etymology: from its originally being given behind the curtains of a bed Date: 1633 a private lecture by a wife to her husband …
35curtain lecture — noun dated a wife s private reprimand to her husband. Origin C17: orig. a reprimand given behind bed curtains …
36curtain lecture — /ˈkɜtn lɛktʃə/ (say kertn lekchuh) noun (dated) a private scolding, especially one by a wife to her husband. {from the old style four poster bed with canopy and curtains, providing a private space within} …
37chalk talk — noun a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk • Hypernyms: ↑talk * * * a talk or lecture in which the speaker illustrates points by drawing on a blackboard: The coach gave a chalk talk before the big game. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * chalk talk noun (N …
38lecturing — noun teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑lecture • Derivationally related forms: ↑lectureship (for: ↑lecture), ↑lecture ( …
39talking to — noun a lengthy rebuke a good lecture was my father s idea of discipline the teacher gave him a talking to • Syn: ↑lecture, ↑speech • Derivationally related forms: ↑speechify (for: ↑ …
40circuit — noun 1 path for an electric current ADJECTIVE ▪ short ▪ The lights were not working because of a short circuit. ▪ closed ▪ integrated, printed ▪ …
