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belt |
a geographic area having a specific characteristic or reserved for a specific use. [1/11 definitions] |
bikeway |
a roadway or trail reserved for bicycle riding. |
costive |
being reserved, not generous, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
demure |
quiet, shy, modest, or reserved in manner. [1/2 definitions] |
diffident |
reserved or restrained in manner. [1/2 definitions] |
discreet |
reserved and judicious, esp. in talking about or otherwise revealing confidential matters; circumspect. [1/2 definitions] |
engaged |
reserved in advance or presently occupied. [1/4 definitions] |
enshrine |
to put in or as if in a place reserved for holy objects. [1/2 definitions] |
general admission |
a class of admission fee, usu. for open seating or seats not in the reserved sections, as in a theater. |
in reserve |
set aside; reserved. |
layaway |
goods reserved under this plan. [1/2 definitions] |
mall |
an area, either open or enclosed, reserved for pedestrian traffic and containing shops, restaurants, and the like; shopping center. [1/4 definitions] |
modest |
not boastful or outgoing; somewhat shy or reserved. [1/5 definitions] |
offish |
(informal) tending to aloofness; reserved. |
on the shelf |
inactive or unused; put aside; reserved for future use or consideration. |
pit1 |
the often depressed area reserved for musicians in front of the stage in a theater; orchestra pit. [1/14 definitions] |
press box |
a section reserved for reporters, esp. at a sports event. |
press gallery |
a section in a chamber, esp. of a legislature, reserved for members of the news media. |
reentry |
legal repossesion under a right reserved in an earlier property transaction. [1/3 definitions] |
remote |
reserved in manner; aloof. [1/7 definitions] |
reserved powers |
under the U.S. Constitution, those powers not delegated to the U.S. federal government, which are therefore, unless prohibited by the Constitution, reserved for the states and the people. |
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