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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | block of something |
| Synonyms: | bun, cake, cube, dough, lump, mass, pastry, roll, slab, twist |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass of material |
| Synonyms: | bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube, hunk, ingot, loaf, lump, oblong, piece, section, segment, slab, slice, solid, square |
| Notes: | a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape |
| Main Entry: | cake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bar of something |
| Synonyms: | block, brick, loaf, lump, mass, slab |
Example Sentences
- Pour an equal portion of the mousse into each of the prepared loaf pans.
- Many other settled for half a loaf rather than get nothing.
- The worms are fried in oil or baked into a loaf with coconut milk and onions.
| Main Entry: | dawdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay; waste time |
| Synonyms: | amble, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally, drag, fool around, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off, hang around, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair |
| Antonyms: | forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid material |
| Synonyms: | a lot, batch, bit, block, bulk, bunch, clod, glob, gob, large piece, loads, loaf, lump, mass, morsel, nugget, piece, pile, portion, quantity, slab, slice, wad, wedge |
| Main Entry: | loiter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang around; stroll |
| Synonyms: | amble, dabble, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, drag, flag, fritter away, get no place fast, halt, hover, idle, lag, linger, loaf, loll, lounge, pass time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, ramble, saunter, shamble, shuffle, slacken, slough, tarry, trail, traipse, wait, waste time |
| Antonyms: | hurry, leave, rush, vamoose |
| Main Entry: | loll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay sprawled |
| Synonyms: | bum, dangle, dawdle, droop, drop, flap, flop, goof off, hang, hang loose, idle, laze, lean, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, rest, sag, slouch, slump, sprawl |
| Antonyms: | sit up straight |
| Main Entry: | lounge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie about, waste time |
| Synonyms: | bum*, dawdle, fritter away, goldbrick, goof off, idle, kill time, laze, loaf, loiter, loll, pass time, recline, relax, repose, saunter, sprawl, take it easy |
| Antonyms: | do, hustle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relax; recline |
| Synonyms: | deposit, lay down, lie, lie down, loaf, loll, lounge, place, rest, settle, settle down, slant, sleep, slumber, stretch, stretch out, take it easy, tilt |
| Antonyms: | be active, be busy, energize |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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