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chopper
(mass) | chopper
- helikoptéra |
chopper
(encz) | chopper,motocykl n: druh motocyklu Jiří Kuchta |
chopper
(encz) | chopper,sekáček n: Zdeněk Brož |
chopper
(encz) | chopper,střídač n: web |
chopper
(encz) | chopper,vrtulník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Chopper
(gcide) | Chopper \Chop"per\, n.
One who, or that which, chops.
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chopper
(wn) | chopper
n 1: a grounder that bounces high in the air [syn: chop,
chopper]
2: informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper, pearly]
3: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the
rotation of overhead blades [syn: helicopter, chopper,
whirlybird, eggbeater]
4: a butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn:
cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper] |
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cherry chopper
(gcide) | Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr.
F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L.
cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn,
from the hardness of the wood.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also
includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
stone;
(a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which
several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke
(corrupted from M['e]doc in France).
(b) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black
cherry), valued for its timber; Prunus Virginiana
(choke cherry), an American shrub which bears
astringent fruit; Prunus avium and Prunus Padus,
European trees (bird cherry).
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2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
and flavors.
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3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
used in cabinetmaking, etc.
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4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
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Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes.
Cherry bird (Zool.), an American bird; the cedar bird; --
so called from its fondness for cherries.
Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.
Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus
Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous
leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum ({Capsicum
cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
cherry-shaped fruit.
Cherry pit.
(a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
hole. --Shak.
(b) A cherry stone.
Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.
Cherry sucker (Zool.), the European spotted flycatcher
(Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper
cherry snipe.
Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries.
Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi.
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Chopper
(gcide) | Chopper \Chop"per\, n.
One who, or that which, chops.
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