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| jack |
the face card with the lowest value in a deck of cards. The jack is pictured as a young man in uniform. [1/5 definitions] |
| livery |
a uniform worn by a male servant such as a butler or chauffeur. [1/2 definitions] |
| solid |
uniform in color or some other trait. [1/8 definitions] |
| stamp |
a tool used for stamping or for cutting out uniform shapes. [1/10 definitions] |
| strip2 |
a long, narrow piece or area of mostly uniform width. [1/2 definitions] |
| tie |
A tie is a long, thin piece of cloth that you wrap around your neck and tie in a knot in front. Men wear ties much more than women do, and they often wear them when they go to work. Boys and girls in some schools wear ties as part of a uniform. [1/8 definitions] |
| tunic |
a short coat with a stiff high collar, worn as part of a uniform by soldiers or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| uniform |
When things are uniform, they are all the same in some way. [2 definitions] |
| URL |
the address of documents on the World Wide Web. "URL" is an abbreviation of "uniform resource locator." |
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