All English words - page 801

Meanings of Chimbs:

noun

The projecting rim at the end of a cask.

Meanings of Chime in:

idiom

Break into a conversation

phrasal verb

Join or interrupt a conversation by making a remark.

Usage examples:

‘yes, you do that,’ dave chimed in eagerly

Meanings of Chimed:

verb

(of a bell or clock) make melodious ringing sounds, typically to indicate the time.

Usage examples:

The grandfather clock in the next room chimed

noun

A melodious ringing sound, as produced by striking a bell.

Usage examples:

The chimes of big ben

Meanings of Chimeras:

noun

(in greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.

Usage examples:

In greek mythology, the chimera was a fire-breathing monster that combined the parts of a goat, a l…

Meanings of Chimes:

noun

A melodious ringing sound, as produced by striking a bell.

Usage examples:

The chimes of big ben

verb

(of a bell or clock) make melodious ringing sounds, typically to indicate the time.

Usage examples:

The grandfather clock in the next room chimed

Meanings of Chiming:

verb

(of a bell or clock) make melodious ringing sounds, typically to indicate the time.

Usage examples:

The grandfather clock in the next room chimed

noun

A melodious ringing sound, as produced by striking a bell.

Usage examples:

The chimes of big ben

Meanings of Chimleys:

noun

Dialect form of chimney.

Meanings of Chimney-stack:

noun

The part of a chimney that sticks out above a roof

Meanings of Chimneypiece:

noun

A mantelpiece.

Meanings of Chimneys:

noun

A vertical channel or pipe which conducts smoke and combustion gases up from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building.

Usage examples:

A coal fire thrust yellow flames up the chimney

Meanings of Chimp:

noun

A chimpanzee.

Usage examples:

Think of the old world monkey or apes, the gorilla, the chimp, the orangutan.

Meanings of Chimpanzee:

noun

A great ape with large ears, mainly black coloration, and lighter skin on the face, native to the forests of west and central africa. chimpanzees show advanced behaviour such as the making and using of tools.

Usage examples:

The argument is at its most powerful when it comes to the great apes chimpanzees, gorillas and oran…

Meanings of Chimpanzees:

noun

A great ape with large ears, mainly black coloration, and lighter skin on the face, native to the forests of west and central africa. chimpanzees show advanced behaviour such as the making and using of tools.

Usage examples:

The argument is at its most powerful when it comes to the great apes chimpanzees, gorillas and oran…

Meanings of Chin music:

noun

Idle chatter.

Usage examples:

That's so much chin music to you, who is wondering what to do.

Meanings of Chin-chin:

noun

The part of a person’s face below the mouth

Meanings of Chinaberries:

noun

A tall tree which bears fragrant lilac flowers and yellow berries, native to asia and australasia.

Usage examples:

On one side it was anchored by a huge chinaberry tree, on the other by a towering mimosa.

Meanings of Chinaberry:

noun

A tall tree which bears fragrant lilac flowers and yellow berries, native to asia and australasia.

Usage examples:

On one side it was anchored by a huge chinaberry tree, on the other by a towering mimosa.

Meanings of Chinaman:

noun

A native of china.

Meanings of Chinawoman:

noun

A woman who is chinese by descent, birth, or naturalization.

Meanings of Chincherinchee:

noun

A white-flowered south african lily.

Usage examples:

During the war it became an annual habit to travel to a hill just outside the village to pick chinc…

Meanings of Chincherinchees:

noun

A white-flowered south african lily.

Usage examples:

During the war it became an annual habit to travel to a hill just outside the village to pick chinc…

Meanings of Chinches:

noun

A plant-eating ground bug that forms large swarms on grasses and rushes.

Usage examples:

He chuckles, ‘there's nothing a quail likes as much as a chinch bug.’

Meanings of Chinchy:

adjective

Miserly, stingy; ungenerous, mean. also of a thing: small in size, meagre.

Meanings of Chine:

noun

The backbone of an animal as it appears in a joint of meat.

Usage examples:

You'll probably need to special order this roast from the butcher; be sure to ask for the chine bon…

verb

Cut (meat) across or along the backbone.

Usage examples:

He learned how to chine a whole sheep

Meanings of Chines:

noun

The backbone of an animal as it appears in a joint of meat.

Usage examples:

You'll probably need to special order this roast from the butcher; be sure to ask for the chine bon…

verb

Cut (meat) across or along the backbone.

Usage examples:

He learned how to chine a whole sheep