|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| alfresco |
outdoor. [1/2 definitions] |
| amusement park |
an outdoor place offering games, rides on merry-go-rounds and roller coasters, and the like, and refreshments. |
| band shell |
an outdoor bandstand consisting of a platform and a large, concave, almost hemispherical wall that serves as a sounding board. |
| bandstand |
a raised platform, often with a cover, used for outdoor band or orchestra performances. |
| billboard |
a board for displaying outdoor advertisements or notices, esp. next to highways. |
| bonfire |
a large, outdoor fire, often made for entertainment or warmth. |
| bowl1 |
a rounded stadium or outdoor theater. [1/6 definitions] |
| Boy Scout |
a male member of a large youth organization that teaches outdoor skills, physical fitness, and the value and responsibilities of citizenship. |
| Boy Scouts of America |
an American organization for youth that teaches outdoor skills, physical fitness, and the value and responsibilities of citizenship. |
| camp1 |
an outdoor place where tents or temporary shelters are set up. [2/9 definitions] |
| campfire |
an outdoor fire used for cooking or warmth, as at a camp or camping site. [1/2 definitions] |
| camping |
the activity of staying for a while in a tent or other temporary outdoor shelter for the purpose of recreation or to save money on accommodation while traveling. |
| chain gang |
a group of convicts chained together to prevent their escape from an outdoor work site. |
| chuck wagon |
in the western United States, a wagon or van used to carry food and utensils for feeding outdoor workers such as cowboys. |
| cloakroom |
a room in a school, club, theater, or the like where coats, hats, and other outdoor clothing may be temporarily left. |
| degree-day |
a unit that represents one degree of difference, from a standard temperature, in the mean outdoor temperature on a certain day. |
| drive-in |
an outdoor theater at which patrons watch movies from their automobiles. [1/3 definitions] |
| dude ranch |
a vacation resort operated like a ranch, offering horseback riding and other similar outdoor pastimes. |
| fireplace |
an outdoor structure for building and containing fires. [1/2 definitions] |
| Frisbee |
trademark for a thin, saucer-shaped plastic disc that is thrown and sails through the air in simple outdoor games. |
| gardener |
a person whose occupation is caring for outdoor plants, lawns, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
|
|