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Word Meanings - ESTRADE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais. He himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform. J. G. Fitch. (more info) floor of a room, also, a carpeted

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A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais. He himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform. J. G. Fitch. (more info) floor of a room, also, a carpeted platform, fr. L. stratum bed

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  • MOUNTABLE
    Such as can be mounted.
  • MOUNTING
    1. The act of one that mounts. 2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond.
  • CARPET
    packing cloth, rug , LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card ; cf. 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be
  • MOUNTAINOUS
    1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss. 2. Inhabiting mountains. Bacon. 3. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. Prior.
  • MOUNTAINOUSNESS
    The state or quality of being mountainous.
  • SHOULDER
    The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the
  • SHOULDER-SHOTTEN
    Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. Shak.
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • CARPETBAG
    A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
  • GENERALIZED
    Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
  • RAISE
    To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
  • GENERALIZABLE
    Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge
  • PORTIONIST
    One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars. (more info) 1. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. Shipley.
  • RAISED
    1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. 2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised
  • LEVELER
    1. One who, or that which, levels. 2. One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist.
  • LEVEL
    libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. Librate, 1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is
  • FITCHY
    Having fitches or vetches.
  • CARPETING
    1. The act of covering with carpets. 2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general. The floor was covered with rich carpeting. Prescott.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • MAJOR GENERAL
    . An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
  • APPRAISER
    One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
  • IMPROPORTIONATE
    Not proportionate.
  • LIVRAISON
    A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
  • DEMOUNT
    To dismount.
  • DISPROPORTIONABLE
    Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
  • DISPROPORTIONALITY
    The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
  • HEBRAIST
    One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.
  • MISRAISE
    To raise or exite unreasonable. "Misraised fury." Bp. Hall.
  • PRAISEWORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
  • HUMP-SHOULDERED
    Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne.
  • SEA LEVEL
    The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.
  • PROPORTIONATE
    Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.

 

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