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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bag |
| Synonyms: | bursa, cavity, cyst, pocket, pouch, sack, vesicle |
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| Main Entry: | blister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
| Synonyms: | abscess, blain, bleb, boil, bubble, bulla, burn, canker, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sac, sore, ulcer, vesication, vesicle, wale, weal, welt, wheal |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globule of air |
| Synonyms: | air ball, balloon, barm, bead, blister, blob, drop, droplet, effervescence, foam, froth, lather, sac, spume, vesicle |
| Main Entry: | bulge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swollen object |
| Synonyms: | appendage, bagginess, blob, bump, bunch, bunching, convexity, dilation, distention, excess, excrescence, gibbosity, growth, hump, intumescence, jut, lump, nodulation, nodule, outgrowth, outthrust, projection, prominence, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, sac, sagging, salience, salient, superfluity, swelling, tuberosity, tumefaction, tumor, wart |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | container |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holder for physical object |
| Synonyms: | alembic, bag, beaker, bin, bottle, bowl, box, bucket, bunker, caisson, can, canister, canteen, capsule, carafe, carton, cask, casket, cauldron, chamber, chest, churn, cistern, cradle, crate, crock, dish, ewer, firkin, flask, hamper, hod, hopper, humidor, hutch, jar, jeroboam, jug, kettle, magnum, package, packet, pail, pit, pod, poke, pot, pottery, pouch, purse, receptacle, reliquary, repository, sac, sack, scuttle, stein, storage, tank, tub, utensil, vase, vat, vessel, vial |
| Main Entry: | cyst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unusual growth |
| Synonyms: | bag, bleb, blister, injury, pouch, sac, sore, vesicle, wen |
| Main Entry: | pouch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | soft container, often made of cloth or skin |
| Synonyms: | bag, pocket, poke, purse, receptacle, sac, sack |
| Main Entry: | bladder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pouch |
| Synonyms: | bag, blister, inflate, pocket, sac, vesicle |
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| Concept: | [Mixture of air and water] Bubble. [Cloud.] |
| Category: | 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS |
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-nouns
bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift., cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead., [Science of clouds] nephelognosy; nephograph, nephology., effervescence, fermentation; bubbling., nebula; cloudliness (opacity); nebulosity (dimness).
-verbs
bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle; effervesce, ferment, fizzle.
-adjectives
bubbling; frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux, up., cloudy; thunderheaded; vaporous, nebulous, overcast.
-phrases
"the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip" [Paradise Lost].
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