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bucket |
an open container with round sides, a flat bottom, and a curved handle attached to the top; pail. |
buffet2 |
a piece of furniture with a flat top and shelves or drawers to store table linens, dishes, and silverware. [1/2 definitions] |
bumpy |
not flat or smooth; uneven. [1/2 definitions] |
burger |
a sandwich made with cooked ground beef that has been made into a flat, round shape, or the flat, round patty of ground meat itself. [1/2 definitions] |
butte |
a steep hill or mountain with a flat top that stands alone on flat land. |
button |
a small round flat disk that fastens clothing by fitting through a slit or loop. [1/5 definitions] |
cake |
a flat, round portion of food that is baked or fried. [1/4 definitions] |
carob |
a tree of the Mediterranean that has long, flat pods with a sweet pulp and hard seeds. [1/2 definitions] |
cattail |
a tall plant with long, flat leaves that grows in wet places. Cattails have long, brown, fuzzy flower spikes. |
chipmunk |
a small brown animal similar to a squirrel, having a striped back and a flat, bushy tail. Chipmunks eat nuts, seeds, berries, and insects. They make underground burrows for sleeping and for storing food. Chipmunks live in North America and Asia. |
cockroach |
an insect with a flat body and long antennae that lives in most parts of the world. Some kinds of cockroaches are pests that live in homes and other buildings. All cockroaches are active at night. |
coin |
a piece of metal money that is small, flat, and round. [1/3 definitions] |
cone |
a solid figure with a flat base in the shape of a circle and one curved face that narrows into a point. [1/3 definitions] |
cookie |
a small, sweet, flat or ball-shaped cake baked from stiff dough. |
crab1 |
an animal with a wide, flat body covered by a hard shell. Crabs have ten legs, including a pair of claws, eyes on short stalks, and antennae. Most kinds of crabs live in the ocean and eat many kinds of food. Crabs are crustaceans, which are a kind of arthropod. The biggest crabs are larger than any other arthropod. [1/2 definitions] |
crush |
to cause to lose shape or become flat by pressing or squeezing very hard. [1/5 definitions] |
crystal |
a piece of a certain substance that is made when the substance changes from a liquid to a solid. In becoming solid, as when water turns to ice, this type of substance takes on a structure that has a repeating pattern of flat surfaces. These flat surfaces reflect light and can make the substance sparkle when looked at from different directions. [1/5 definitions] |
cumulus |
a large, fluffy, white cloud with a flat bottom. |
cylinder |
a solid figure with a shape similar to that of a can, a round flat cake, or a round tube with closed ends. A cylinder has parallel circular faces joined by one curved face. |
desk |
a piece of furniture with drawers and a flat surface used for reading and writing. [1/2 definitions] |
desktop |
the flat, upper working surface of a desk. [1/2 definitions] |
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