AITCHBONE | • aitchbone n. A cut of beef lying above the rump bone. • aitchbone n. The rump bone itself. • aitch-bone n. Alternative form of aitchbone. |
BEACHBALL | • beachball n. Alternative spelling of beach ball. • beachball v. (Computing, slang, intransitive) To hang; to stop responding to user input; (used of Mac computers… • beach␣ball n. A large light inflatable ball, ideally suited to beach games. |
BEACHBOYS | • beachboys n. Plural of beachboy. • BEACHBOY n. a male beach attendant. |
BIRCHBARK | • birchbark n. The bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, Betula papyrifera. • birchbark n. A piece of this bark, formerly used for writing on. • BIRCHBARK n. the bark of the birch tree. |
BOSCHBOKS | • boschboks n. Plural of boschbok. • BOSCHBOK n. (South African) a kind of antelope, the bushbuck, also BOSBOK, BOSHBOK, BUSHBUCK. |
HATCHBACK | • hatchback n. A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards. • hatchback n. The door itself. • HATCHBACK n. a car with a certain type of liftable back. |
HUNCHBACK | • hunchback n. One who is stooped or hunched over. • hunchback n. A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back. • hunchback n. (Derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance. |
MATCHBOOK | • matchbook n. A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside. • MATCHBOOK n. a book of matches. |
NOTCHBACK | • notchback n. A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment. • NOTCHBACK n. a car whose roof does not slope continuously from the roof to the bumper, but juts out from the bottom of the rear window. |
PEACHBLOW | • peachblow adj. (Ceramics) Of a delicate purplish-pink colour suggesting peach blooms; applied especially to a style… • PEACHBLOW n. a delicate purplish-pink colour, used as a glaze on porcelain. |
PINCHBECK | • pinchbeck n. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry. • pinchbeck adj. (Not comparable) Made of pinchbeck. • pinchbeck adj. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive. |
PINCHBUGS | • PINCHBUG n. a large beetle. |
PITCHBEND | • PITCHBEND n. a device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note on a synthesiser. |
PUNCHBAGS | • punchbags n. Plural of punchbag. • PUNCHBAG n. a punching bag, used in boxing training. |
PUNCHBALL | • punchball n. A simplified version of the sport of baseball, where players use their fists as a bat and a softer ball. • punchball n. The soft ball used in this sport. • PUNCHBALL n. a suspended ball used for boxing practice. |
PUNCHBOWL | • punchbowl n. A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage). • Punchbowl prop.n. A valley in Belfield, Canterbury-Bankstown, South West Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. • Punchbowl prop.n. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in Canterbury-Bankstown, South West Sydney. |
TOUCHBACK | • touchback n. (American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the… • TOUCHBACK n. a play in which the ball is dead on or behind a team's own goal line, having been put across the line by an opponent but actually put down by a member of that team. |
WATCHBAND | • watchband n. A band of leather, metal etc that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist; a watchstrap. • WATCHBAND n. a band on which a watch is worn. |