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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Nov 1

BREAKING NEWS The Collins Word of the Year is… brat. Find out more about #CollinsWOTY 2024 and see the full list here: collinsdictionary.com/woty #wordoftheyear #CollinsDictionary #brat #CollinsWOTY

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · 18 m

#wordoftheday – CACKERMANDER N. Southeast England dialect a friend ow.ly/poH850WeEab #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Cackermander

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N.
Southeast England dialect
a friend

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 26

#wordoftheday – FIDUS ACHATES N. a faithful friend or companion ow.ly/aR6j50WeE4T #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #FidusAchates

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N.
a faithful friend or companion

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 25

#wordoftheday – CHEESE AND WINE PARTY N. a party at which cheese and wine are served ow.ly/kpoI50WaTfv #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #CheeseAndWineParty

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a party at which cheese and wine are served

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 24

#wordoftheday – PRIMITIVO N. 1. a black grape grown in the Puglia region of Italy, used for making wine 2. a strong red wine made from this grape ow.ly/fSeO50WaTa3 #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Primitivo

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N.
1. a black grape grown in the Puglia region of Italy, used for making wine
2. a strong red wine made from this grape

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 23

#wordoftheday – MANCHEGO N. a Spanish cheese made from ewes' milk ow.ly/e3Cy50WaT4Y #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Manchego

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N.
a Spanish cheese made from ewes' milk

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 22

#wordoftheday – MUSCADET N. 1. a white grape, grown esp in the Loire valley, used for making wine 2. any of various dry white wines made from this grape ow.ly/7qeO50WaT0o #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Muscadet

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1. a white grape, grown esp in the Loire valley, used for making wine
2. any of various dry white wines made from this grape

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 21

#wordoftheday – COMTÉ N. a French hard yellow cheese made from cows' milk ow.ly/JeyC50WaSUW #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Comte

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a French hard yellow cheese made from cows' milk

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 20

#wordoftheday – GEWÜRZTRAMINER N. 1. a variety of Traminer grape grown esp in the Rhine valley, Alsace, and Austria 2. the mildly spicy white wine made from this grape ow.ly/zsoq50WaSON #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Gewurztraminer

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1. a variety of Traminer grape grown esp in the Rhine valley, Alsace, and Austria
2. the mildly spicy white wine made from this grape

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 19

#wordoftheday – FONDUE VARIABLE N. A fondue is a sauce made from melted cheese into which you dip bread, or a pot of hot oil into which you dip pieces of meat or vegetables ow.ly/Tzzf50WaSKy #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Fondue

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VARIABLE N.
A fondue is a sauce made from melted cheese into which you dip bread, or a pot of hot oil into which you dip pieces of meat or vegetables

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 18

#wordoftheday – SAINT SWITHIN'S DAY N. July 15, observed as a Church festival commemorating Saint Swithin. It is popularly supposed that if it rains on this day the rain will persist for the next 40 days ow.ly/9qYr50W9Yxt #CollinsDictionary #Words #SaintSwithinsDay

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July 15, observed as a Church festival commemorating Saint Swithin. It is popularly supposed that if it rains on this day the rain will persist for the next 40 days

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 17

#wordoftheday – HYETOGRAPH N. 1. a chart showing the distribution of rainfall of a particular area, usually throughout a year 2. a self-recording rain gauge ow.ly/OomC50W9Yoi #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Hyetograph

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1. a chart showing the distribution of rainfall of a particular area, usually throughout a year
2. a self-recording rain gauge

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 16

#wordoftheday – OMBROPHILE N. a plant which survives well or flourishes in rainy conditions ow.ly/EsnH50W9Yjc #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Ombrophile

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a plant which survives well or flourishes in rainy conditions

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 15

#wordoftheday – PLUVIAL ADJ 1. of, characterized by, or due to the action of rain; rainy pluvial insurance For further definitions, see: ow.ly/4K7g50W9Yfq #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Pluvial

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ADJ
1. of, characterized by, or due to the action of rain; rainy
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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 14

#wordoftheday – NIMBOSTRATUS N. a dark-coloured rain-bearing stratus cloud ow.ly/uHh250W9Yeo #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Nimbostratus

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a dark-coloured rain-bearing stratus cloud

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 13

#wordoftheday – SCOTCH MIST N. 1. a heavy wet mist 2. drizzle ow.ly/Blbu50W9Ybu #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #ScotchMist

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1. a heavy wet mist
2. drizzle

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 12

#wordoftheday – PETRICHOR N. a sweet smell that is produced when rain falls on parched earth ow.ly/8Mcw50W9Y90 #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Petrichor

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N.
a sweet smell that is produced when rain falls on parched earth

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 11

#wordoftheday – CHOCOLATE 1. VARIABLE N. Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet 2. See also milk chocolate, plain chocolate For further definitions, see: ow.ly/Moc450W8grq #CollinsDictionary #Chocolate

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1. VARIABLE N.
Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet
2. See also milk chocolate, plain chocolate

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 10

#wordoftheday – CONCHE N. 1. a machine, used during the manufacture of chocolate, which mixes and smooths the chocolate mass V. (transitive) 2. to use a conche to mix and smooth (chocolate) ow.ly/i2Yf50W8gpq #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Conche

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1. a machine, used during the manufacture of chocolate, which mixes and smooths the chocolate mass
V. (transitive)
2. to use a conche to mix and smooth (chocolate)

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 9

#wordoftheday – CACAO UNCOUNTABLE N. Cacao seeds are the seeds of a tropical tree, from which cocoa and chocolate are made ow.ly/SuIh50W8got #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Cacao

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UNCOUNTABLE N.
Cacao seeds are the seeds of a tropical tree, from which cocoa and chocolate are made

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Collins Dictionary@CollinsDict · Jul 8

#wordoftheday – TARTUFO N. a mousselike Italian chocolate dessert ow.ly/vYQ550W8gnb #CollinsDictionary #Words #Vocabulary #Language #Tartufo

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N.
a mousselike Italian chocolate dessert

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