settings (noun)
1place setting — noun a table service for one person a place setting of sterling flatware • Syn: ↑setting • Derivationally related forms: ↑set (for: ↑setting) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
2theme park — noun an amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow) • Hypernyms: ↑amusement park, ↑funfair, ↑pleasure ground * * * noun : an amusement park in which the structures and settings are based on a central theme * * *… …
3adjustable spanner — noun can be changed to different settings • Syn: ↑adjustable wrench • Hypernyms: ↑wrench, ↑spanner • Hyponyms: ↑crescent wrench, ↑monkey wrench, ↑monkey wrench, ↑ …
4style sheet — noun a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication • Hypernyms: ↑sheet, ↑piece of paper, ↑sheet of paper * * * noun : a compilation of style rules often in the form of a card, pamphlet, or booklet… …
5white flight — noun : the departure of whites from settings (as urban neighborhoods or schools) increasingly or predominately populated by minorities * * * the movement of whites, esp. middle class whites, from neighborhoods undergoing racial integration. [1965 …
6education — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ decent, excellent, first class, good, high quality, quality, well rounded ▪ poor ▪ compulsory …
7adjustable wrench — noun can be changed to different settings • Syn: ↑adjustable spanner • Hypernyms: ↑wrench, ↑spanner • Hyponyms: ↑crescent wrench, ↑monkey wrench, ↑monkey wrench, ↑ …
8alternative birth — noun a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings • Syn: ↑alternative birthing • Hypernyms: ↑childbirth, ↑childbearing, ↑accouchement, ↑vaginal birth * * * alternative birth …
9click stop — noun Date: 1950 a turnable control device (as for a camera diaphragm opening) that engages with a definite click at specific settings …
10noir — noun Etymology: short for film noir Date: 1980 1. crime fiction featuring hard boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings 2. film noir • noir adjective • noirish adjective …
