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Butterfly valve
– definition :
- (noun)
- a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle (context:artifact)
Buttoned-down
– definition :
- (adjective)
- unimaginatively conventional (context:all)
– Sample : “buttoned-down”
- a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business
Buy back
– definition :
- (verb)
- buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away (context:possession)
– Sample : “buy back”
- He bought back the house that his father sold years ago
By
– definition :
- (adverb)
- in reserve; not for immediate use (context:all)
- so as to pass a given point (context:all)
– Sample : “by”
- every hour a train goes past
- has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day
- put something by for her old age
- started setting aside money to buy a car
By-bid
– definition :
- (verb)
- bid on behalf of someone else (context:possession)
Byte
– definition :
- (noun)
- a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information (context:quantity)
Butterscotch
– definition :
- (noun)
- a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar (context:food)
Buttweld
– definition :
- (verb)
- join by a butt weld (context:contact)
Buyback
– definition :
- (noun)
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold (context:act)
By far
– definition :
- (adverb)
- by a considerable margin (context:all)
– Sample : “by far”
- it was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten
- she was by far the smartest student
