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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
| Synonyms: | bit, butt end, butt*, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, ort, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waste |
| Synonyms: | crust, debris, dregs, husks, pod, refuse, remains, rubbish, shard, shell, trash |
| Main Entry: | shell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure; covering |
| Synonyms: | carapace, case, chassis, crust, frame, framework, hull, husk, integument, nut, pericarp, plastron, pod, scale, shard, shuck, skeleton, skin |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
Example Sentences
- Not one more shard of ice need melt to make this a reality.
- The claims that do survive the skeptical scrutiny of the tribe get to take their place in the shard body of scientific knowledge.
- We plummeted down the grade toward a shard of ice that threatened to poke a hole in the umiak skin-or in.
| Main Entry: | smidgen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny amount |
| Synonyms: | atom, chicken feed, crumb, dab, dash, drop, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, little bit, mite, morsel, particle, pinch, scintilla, scrap, shard, shaving, shred, sliver, small amount, small bit, small quantity, speck, tad, taste, trace, wee bit, whiff, whisper |
| Main Entry: | minim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt*, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, dram, driblet, drop*, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, ort, ounce, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, scruple, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle, trifle, whit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt*, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, dram, driblet, drop*, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, minim, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, ounce, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, scruple, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle, trifle, whit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tittle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt*, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, dram, driblet, drop*, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, minim, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, ort, ounce, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, scruple, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, trace, trickle, trifle, whit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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