|
|
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:
| crucible steel |
a high-grade steel smelted in a crucible or fused from flux, wrought iron, and carbon, and used to make knives, tools, and dies. |
| cutler |
a person who makes, repairs, or sells knives and other cutting tools. |
| cutlery |
cutting tools such as knives and scissors, considered collectively. [2/3 definitions] |
| flatware |
spoons, knives, and forks; silverware. [1/2 definitions] |
| hone |
a fine-textured whetstone used to sharpen knives, razors, and other cutting tools. [1/5 definitions] |
| silverware |
utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons, used for eating and serving food and made of or plated with silver or other materials such as stainless steel. [1/2 definitions] |
| steel |
a hard, strong metal alloy composed of iron and carbon, and used for making machines, tools, knives, and the like. [1/7 definitions] |
| whetstone |
a stone that is used to sharpen knives, tools, and the like. |
|
|