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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spike |
| Synonyms: | fork, hook, horn, nib, point, spine, spur, tine |
| Main Entry: | barb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point |
| Synonyms: | arrow, bristle, dart, prickle, prong, quill, shaft, spike, spur, thistle, thorn |
| Main Entry: | branch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm, limb |
| Synonyms: | bough, branchlet, bug, detour, divergence, extension, fork, growth, offshoot, prong, scion, shoot, spray, sprig, wing |
| Main Entry: | cog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | main part of device |
| Synonyms: | cogwheel, differential, fang, gear, pinion, prong, rack, ratchet, tine, tooth, transmission, tusk, wheel |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme, limit |
| Synonyms: | borderline, bound, boundary, butt end, confine, cusp, deadline, edge, extent, extremity, foot, head, heel, limitation, neb, nib, point, prong, spire, stub, stump, tail, tail end, term, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, ultimate |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, foundation, origin |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sharp end, top, end of extension |
| Synonyms: | apex, awn, barb, beak, bill, cape, claw, cusp, dagger, foreland, head, headland, jag, nib, pin point, prick, prickler, promontory, prong, snag, spike, spine, spire, spur, sticker, stiletto, summit, sword, thorn, tine, tip, tooth |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Antonyms: | bluntness, dullness |
| Main Entry: | stab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object |
| Synonyms: | bayonet, brand, carve, chop, cleave, clip, cut, drive, gore, hit, hurt, injure, jab, jag, knife, open up, penetrate, pierce, plow, plunge, prick, prong, punch, ram, run through, saber, shank, sink, slice, spear, stick, thrust, transfix, wound |
| Main Entry: | wedge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solid piece, often triangular |
| Synonyms: | block, chock, chunk, cleat, cotter, cusp, keystone, lump, prong, quoin, shim, spire, taper |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | tooth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a toothlike or tooth-shaped object |
| Synonyms: | cog, denticle, dentile, peg, point, projection, prong, root, stub |
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