Condoms - English meaning

adjective

(of a method or device) serving to prevent pregnancy.

Usage examples:

The contraceptive pill

noun

A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.

Usage examples:

We'd been making love without contraceptives for months

noun

A product, device, or pill that prevents pregnancy

noun

A brand name for a type of condom

noun

A brand name for a type of condom that a woman puts in her vagina before having sex

adjective

Typically french in character.

Usage examples:

Progressive frenchy art

noun

A french person.

Usage examples:

Then how are we to sink the frenchies and the spanish?

noun

Used as a name for an unknown man, often suggesting that he is unimportant or insignificant.

Usage examples:

The security johnny insists that you sign the visitors' book

noun

A condom

adjective

Intended to prevent disease.

Usage examples:

Prophylactic measures

noun

A medicine or course of action used to prevent disease.

Usage examples:

I took malaria prophylactics

adjective

Preventing disease

Usage examples:

Some dentists are convinced that the addition of fluoride in water is ineffective as a prophylactic…

noun

The action of protecting, or the state of being protected.

Usage examples:

The b vitamins give protection against infection

noun

The condition or state of being kept safe from injury, damage, or loss

Usage examples:

[ u ] their tent offered little protection against the storm., [ c ] the proposed law is intended t…

noun

The act of keeping someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss, or the state of being protected in this way

Usage examples:

We need protection from bad or incompetent doctors., retailers believe the magnetic cards give the …

adjective

Intended to protect someone or something.

Usage examples:

Protective gloves are worn to minimize injury

noun

A thing that protects someone or something.

Usage examples:

An effectual protective against the midge

noun

A tough elastic polymeric substance made from the latex of a tropical plant or synthetically.

Usage examples:

Heat and sunlight may cause rubber to deteriorate

noun

A contest consisting of a series of successive matches (typically three or five) between the same sides or people in cricket, tennis, and other games.

Usage examples:

The opening rubber of britain's davis cup tie against argentina

noun

An elastic, waterproof substance made either from the juice of a tree that grows in hotter parts of the world or artificially

Usage examples:

[ u ] rubber boots/gloves, [ u ] tires are made of rubber., [ pl ] wear your rubbers – it’s raining.

adjective

Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed or lost.

Usage examples:

Eggs remain in the damp sand, safe from marine predators

noun

A strong fireproof cabinet with a complex lock, used for the storage of valuables.

Usage examples:

Another successful selling point abrams uses is the discounts many insurance companies give to cust…

adjective

Free from danger or harm, or not causing danger or harm

Usage examples:

Have a safe trip., is this medicine safe for children?, i feel safe here., she’s looking for some s…

noun

The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury.

Usage examples:

They should leave for their own safety

noun

The condition of not being in danger or of not being dangerous

Usage examples:

For your safety, keep your seat belt securely fastened., fire officials worry about the safety of t…

noun

The state of being protected from danger or harm

Usage examples:

You have a right to be protected against anything that can affect your safety., public/passenger/co…

noun

A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword.

Usage examples:

Drawing the sword free of the sheath she inspected the blade.

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Usage examples:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

noun

The natural outer layer that covers a person or animal

Usage examples:

[ c ] leopard skins, [ u ] he had dark, leathery skin., potato skins, [ c ] those airplanes have ti…