Nearby Words
lode
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ore deposit |
| Synonyms: | mine, strike*, vein |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fountain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | source, often of liquid |
| Synonyms: | bubbler, cause, font, fount, geyser, gush, inception, inspiration, jet, lode, mainspring, mine, origin, play, provenance, provenience, pump, reservoir, root, spout, spray, spring, stream, well, wellhead, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | mine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deposit, supply |
| Synonyms: | abundance, bed, bonanza, ditch, excavation, field, fount, fountain, fund, gold mine, hoard, lode, pit, quarry, reserve, shaft, source, spring, stock, store, treasure trove, treasury, trench, vein, wealth, well, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | store |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection, supply |
| Synonyms: | abundance, accumulation, backlog, cache, fount, fountain, fund, hoard, inventory, lode, lot, mine, nest egg, plenty, plethora, provision, quantity, reserve, reservoir, savings, spring, stock, stockpile, treasure, wares, wealth, well |
| Notes: | at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred |
| Antonyms: | debt, need |
| Main Entry: | stratum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | layer |
| Synonyms: | bed, gradation, grade, lamina, level, lode, seam, sheet, stratification, thickness, vein |
| Main Entry: | vein |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blood vessel |
| Synonyms: | capillary, course, current, duct, follicle, hair, lode, nerve, seam, stratum, streak, stripe, thread, venation |
| Notes: | arteries carry clean oxygenated blood from the heart, veins return impure blood back to the heart, and capillaries connect the ends of arteries to the beginnings of veins |
| Main Entry: | mother lode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rich source |
| Synonyms: | Eldorado, abundant source, bonanza, gold mine, lode, main vein, pot of gold, rich lode |
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| Concept: | Store. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow., stock in trade, supply; heap (collection); treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche., crop, harvest, mow, vintage., store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack; lumber; relay (provision)., storehouse, storeroom, storecloset; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory; repertorium; promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine; buttery, larder, spence; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom; thesaurus; bank (treasury); armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery, menagerie., reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond; gasometer., budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio; coffer (receptacle)., conservation; storing; storage.
-verbs
store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save., reserve; keep back, hold back; husband, husband one's resources., deposit; stow, stack, load; harvest; heap, collect; lay in store.
-adjectives
-phrases
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