|
|
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:
| SS |
abbreviation of "steamship," a large steam-powered ship; steamer (used in a proper name). |
| steamer |
a ship or large boat that operates on steam power; steamship. [1/3 definitions] |
| titanic |
(cap.) the White Star Line passenger steamship, acclaimed for its size, speed, and durability, that sank on April 15, 1912 after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage, killing over 1,500 people. [1/4 definitions] |
| whaleback |
a steamship in which the bow and upper deck are rounded in order to shed the water of heavy seas. |
|
|