Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Of art, a photograph or photography, using dots or lines that are either black or white (with no other values involved).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: literal; strictly; literal; strictly
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Qualifier: literal
Synonyms: grayscale, greyscale, monochrome
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Easily divided into diametrically opposing categories.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: night-and-day
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A police patrol car.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
Topics: government, law-enforcement
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: police vehicle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The police, a police officer or the clothing they wear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, broadly, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A type of giant cookie (about eight inches in diameter) with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: half-moon
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A kind of ice cream soda with chocolate and vanilla flavors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a black-and-white photograph or slide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: monochrome
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
noun
communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: written communication, written language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communication
Narrower terms: transcription, written text, writing, written material, piece of writing, prescription, reading, reading material, correspondence, code, codification, print
History
The police car sense reflects a traditional livery scheme for such cars.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
