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.
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adj
Synonym of standard, especially with connotations of plainness and lack of modification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, colloquial
Qualifier: engineering and technical contexts
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motorcycling
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Synonyms: standard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A hollow tube frame used for a machine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Originally in reference to the hollow-tube frames used as cases or mounting in various machines but now usually understood in reference to factory packaging and default standards.
