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cinclidae |
cinclus |
cinclus aquaticus |
cinclus mexicanus |
cinco de mayo |
cincture
| cinctured
| cinder
| cinder block
| cinder pig
| cinder track
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cincture
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cincture has 1 sense
- cincture(n = noun.artifact) girdle, sash, waistband, waistcloth - a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers; Array is a kind of band
has particulars: cummerbund
CIDE DICTIONARY
cincture, n. [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to gird.].
- A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb. [1913 Webster]
- That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cincture, n.
1 literary a girdle, belt, or border.
2 Archit. a ring at either end of a column-shaft.
1 literary a girdle, belt, or border.
2 Archit. a ring at either end of a column-shaft.
Etymology
L cinctura f. cingere cinct- gird
THESAURUS
cincture
anklet, arena, armlet, band, begird, belt, bracelet, cingulum, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture, circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, close, collar, collarband, confine, container, containment, coop, court, courtyard, curtilage, delimited field, earring, ecliptic, embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclave, enclosure, encompassment, enfoldment, engird, envelopment, environment, equator, fascia, field, fillet, finger ring, fold, gird, girding, girdle, girdling, girt, girth, great circle, ground, hoop, inclusion, involvement, list, neckband, necklace, nose ring, pale, paling, park, pen, quad, quadrangle, quoit, ring, sash, square, surrounding, theater, toft, waistband, wristband, wristlet, yard, zodiac, zoneROGET THESAURUS
cincture
Circularity
N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.
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