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| Main Entry: |
stud
 [stuhd] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | studding |
| Synonyms: | beam, framing, post, scantling |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | length of material used as support |
| Synonyms: | axle, bail, balk, bolster, boom, brace, cantilever, column, crossbar, crosspiece, girder, jamb, joist, lath, lintel, pile, piling, pillar, plank, pole, post, prop, rafter, reach, scaffolding, scantling, shaft, sill, spar, stanchion, stay, stringer, strip, strut, stud, timber, transverse, trestle, two-by-four |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lock; part of lock |
| Synonyms: | bar, brad, catch, coupling, dowel, fastener, lag, latch, lock, nut, padlock, peg, pin, pipe, rivet, rod, screw, skewer, sliding bar, spike, stake, staple, stud |
| Antonyms: | key |
Example Sentences
- Start the installation by locating all the wall studs with a stud finder.
- After banging away for a few minutes, he finally yanks the stud off the wall in a flurry of sawdust and splintered wood.
- Only dogs registered in the national stud book have a record of their parentage and genetic traits.
| Main Entry: | button |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fastener |
| Synonyms: | catch, clasp, fastening, frog, knob, stud |
| Main Entry: | Don Juan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | womanizer |
| Synonyms: | Casanova, Lothario, Prince Charming, Romeo, charmer, heartbreaker, ladies' man, ladies' man, lady-killer, lady-killer, libertine, lover, philanderer, playboy, rake, roué, seducer, skirt chaser, smooth operator, stud, wolf, woman chaser |
| Main Entry: | dot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make spot(s) |
| Synonyms: | bespeckle, dab, dabble, fleck, freckle, pepper, pimple, sprinkle, stipple, stud |
| Main Entry: | dude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dapper man |
| Synonyms: | Beau Brummel, coxcomb, dandy, fancy Dan, fashion plate, fine gentleman, fop, slicker, stud |
| Main Entry: | knob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, handle |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, doorknob, hump, knot, knurl, latch, lever, nub, opener, projection, protrusion, protuberance, snag, stud, swell, swelling, trigger, tumor |
| Main Entry: | lothario |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | womanizer |
| Synonyms: | Casanova, Don Juan, Romeo, gigolo, ladies' man, lady-killer, lecher, libertine, lover, philanderer, rake, seducer, skirt chaser, stud*, wolf* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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