- piece, lump
- شُطْفَة \ piece, lump. \ See Also قطعة (قِطعة)
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
piece, lump
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lump — I [[t]lʌmp[/t]] n. 1) a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal[/ex] 2) pat a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head[/ex] 3) an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump … From formal English to slang
lump — lump1 [lump] n. [ME lompe, lumpe, akin ? to Dan lompe, a mass, lump, Swed dial. lump, a block, stump, MHG lumpe, rag: see LIMP1] 1. a solid mass of no special shape, esp. one small enough to be taken up in the hand; hunk 2. a) a small cube or… … English World dictionary
lump — [ lœ̃p ] n. m. • 1776; aussi lompe fin XVIIIe; de l angl. lump ou lumpfish, orig. danoise ♦ Poisson des mers froides, à squelette peu ossifié, à disque adhésif ventral, appelé scientifiquement cycloptère (Cyclopterus lumpus), et dont les œufs… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lump — (l[u^]mp), n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. A lump of cheese. Piers Plowman. This lump of clay. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lump coal — Lump Lump (l[u^]mp), n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. A lump of cheese. Piers Plowman. This lump of clay. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lump sum — Lump Lump (l[u^]mp), n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. A lump of cheese. Piers Plowman. This lump of clay. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lump — ləmp n 1) a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape 2) an abnormal mass or swelling <presenting as a neck lump> … Medical dictionary
lump — [n] clump, mass agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, gob, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, knurl, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion,… … New thesaurus
piece — [n1] part allotment, bit, bite, chunk, cut, division, dole, end, example, fraction, fragment, gob, half, hunk, instance, interest, iota, item, length, lot, lump, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, percentage, portion, quantity, quota, sample, scrap … New thesaurus
lump — lump1 [ lʌmp ] noun count ** 1. ) a solid piece of something that does not have a regular shape: lump of: a lump of metal/coal/concrete a lump of cheese/butter/meat a ) a solid piece of sugar with a square shape b ) a solid piece in a substance… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lump — I UK [lʌmp] / US noun [countable] Word forms lump : singular lump plural lumps ** 1) a solid piece of something that does not have a regular shape lump of: a lump of metal/coal/concrete a lump of cheese/butter/meat a) a solid piece of sugar with… … English dictionary
