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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mouthful of food |
| Synonyms: | brunch, drop, light meal, morsel, nibble, nosh, piece, refreshment, sample, snack, sop, taste |
| 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: | canvas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | painting on coarse material |
| Synonyms: | art, artwork, oil, picture, piece, portrait, still life, watercolor |
| Notes: | canvas is the noun (fabric etc.) and canvass is generally a verb (to solicit, question) - though a canvass can be an examination of pros and cons |
| Main Entry: | chunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass, slab of something |
| Synonyms: | block, clod, dollop, glob, gob, hunk, lump, nugget, part, piece, portion, wad |
| Main Entry: | coin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | metallic money |
| Synonyms: | bread, cash, change, chicken feed, chips, coinage, copper, currency, doubloon, dough, gold, jack, legal tender, meter money, mintage, money, piece, scratch*, silver, small change, specie |
| Antonyms: | bill, dollar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share of a profit |
| Synonyms: | allowance, ante, bite*, bonus, brokerage, chunk, compensation, cut, cut-in, discount, end*, factorage, fee, indemnity, juice, pay, payment, percentage, piece, piece of the action, rake-off, remuneration, royalty, salary, slice*, stipend, taste, vigorish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compartment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section, subdivision |
| Synonyms: | alcove, area, bay, berth, booth, carrel, carriage, category, cell, chamber, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, department, division, hole, locker, niche, nook, part, piece, pigeonhole, place, portion, slot, stall |
| Main Entry: | component |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, element |
| Synonyms: | constituent, factor, fixings, ingredient, item, making, makings, peripheral, piece, plug-in, segment, unit |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | composition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written or musical creation |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, article, cantata, chart, concerto, dissertation, drama, essay, exercise, exposition, fiction, getup, literary work, manuscript, melody, music, novel, number, opus, paper, piece, play, poetry, rhapsody, romance, score, setup, short story, song, stanza, study, symphony, theme, thesis, tune, verse, work, writing |
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