|
|
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:
| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. (Cf. eluvium.) |
| aquifer |
a bed of rock, sand, or gravel that can hold great quantities of water and supplies it to wells and springs. |
| asphalt |
a mixture of this substance with gravel or sand, used mainly for paving. [1/4 definitions] |
| ballast |
gravel or crushed rock under the rails and ties of a railway to increase stability. [1/4 definitions] |
| bedrock |
the solid layer of rock in the earth's surface, usu. beneath soil, sand, gravel, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| concrete |
a hard, strong building material made by mixing sand, gravel, cement, and water. [1/10 definitions] |
| eluvium |
a deposit of soil, dust, or gravel caused by the weathering and disintegration of rocks, and usu. remaining at the site. (Cf. alluvium.) |
| gravel |
to cover with gravel, as a path or road. [1/4 definitions] |
| gravelly |
full of or like gravel. [1/2 definitions] |
| pan |
to wash (gravel, sand, or the like) in a pan to remove gold or other precious metals. [2/6 definitions] |
| pay dirt |
soil, gravel, or ore that is rich in some mineral that makes mining it profitable. [1/2 definitions] |
| placer1 |
a naturally occurring accumulation of sand, gravel, or the like that contains precious metals or minerals. [1/2 definitions] |
| quarry1 |
a large open hole or pit dug for mining stone, marble, gravel, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| roadbed |
the bed, as of gravel or crushed stone, on which a railway is laid. [1/2 definitions] |
| sack1 |
a large bag, usu. made of coarsely woven material or thick paper, used for holding or transporting items in bulk, such as feed, gravel, potatoes, and the like. [1/7 definitions] |
| shoulder |
the strip of land alongside a road, often containing gravel or grass. [1/8 definitions] |
| trommel |
a rotating cylindrical or conical sieve used for sorting coal, gravel, or the like. |
| verge |
(chiefly British) the strip of land alongside a road or path, often containing gravel or grass; shoulder. [1/6 definitions] |
|
|