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| bedside |
the space alongside a bed, esp. of a sick person. [1/2 definitions] |
| berm |
a narrow ledge or shoulder, as alongside a road or canal. [1/3 definitions] |
| beside |
alongside of something or someone. [1/3 definitions] |
| double-park |
to park (a vehicle) alongside another that is parked parallel to the curb. |
| Hobbamock |
member of the Wampanoag Indian tribe of North America who had a special status as a counselor to the tribe's chief, Chief Massasoit, and as an interpreter for English colonists living alongside the tribe in Plymouth Colony in the 1620s. |
| honor guard |
a guard assigned to attend honorable persons or guests or to walk alongside the casket at a military funeral. |
| next |
(archaic) adjacent to; alongside. [1/5 definitions] |
| runaround |
printed matter set in narrower columns than the rest of the text, as alongside an illustration. [1/2 definitions] |
| shipside |
the portion of a dock alongside a ship. |
| shoulder |
the strip of land alongside a road, often containing gravel or grass. [1/8 definitions] |
| soft shoulder |
an unpaved strip of earth running alongside a road. |
| verge |
(chiefly British) the strip of land alongside a road or path, often containing gravel or grass; shoulder. [1/6 definitions] |
| wayside |
land that runs alongside a road. [1/2 definitions] |
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