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- pasteboard noun (pasteboard, no plural)
1) Pasteboard is thick, stiff paper or card, like the card used for boxes. - pasteurisation noun (pasteurisation, uncountable); US and international spelling «pasteurization»; verb: pasteurise / pasteurize
Pasteurisation is heating milk, juice or other food to a set temperature for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cooling it quickly. - pasteurise verb (pasteurise, pasteurises, pasteurised, pasteurising); US spelling pasteurize
1) To heat a drink or food, like milk or juice, to a set temperature for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cool it. - pasteurised adjective; verb form (past of pasteurise); US spelling pasteurized
1) (of milk, juice, cheese or eggs) Heated for a short time to kill harmful germs, then cooled. 2) Past tense of pasteurise. - pastime noun (a pastime, pastimes)
1) Something you enjoy doing in your free time, such as a hobby, game or sport. - pastor noun (a pastor, pastors); verb (pastor — rare)
A pastor is a Christian minister who leads a church and cares for its people, especially in Protestant churches. - pastoral adjective (pastoral, no change); noun (pastoral, pastorals)
Pastoral means about the countryside, farms and shepherds, and the simple life of country people. - pastry noun (pastry — the dough, uncountable; a pastry, pastries — the food)
A pastry is a small baked sweet food made with dough, like a croissant, a Danish or a tart. - pasture noun (a pasture, pastures; pasture — grassland); verb (pasture, pastures, pastured, pasturing)
A pasture is a field of grass where cows, sheep, horses or other animals graze. - pasty noun (a pasty, pasties — PAST-ee); adjective (pasty, pastier, pastiest — PAYST-ee)
noun (UK): A pastry case folded around a filling of meat and vegetables, baked; the Cornish pasty is famous. - pat verb (pat, pats, patted, patting); noun (a pat, pats); adverb (off pat — learned perfectly)
To pat means to touch someone or something gently and quickly with your flat hand, several times. - patch noun (a patch, patches); verb (patch, patches, patched, patching — patch up)
A patch is a small piece of material sewn or stuck over a hole or a worn place, like on the knee of jeans. - patchwork noun (patchwork — uncountable; a patchwork); adjective (patchwork)
Patchwork is sewing in which many small pieces of different cloth are stitched together to make a quilt, cushion or bag. - patchy adjective (patchy, patchier, patchiest)
Patchy means appearing in some places but not others, in uneven patches, like patchy fog or patchy grass. - patent adjective (patent, no change); noun (patent, patents)
Patent means obvious or easy to see, and also describes shiny leather with a glossy coating (patent leather). - patented verb (past tense and past participle of patent: patent, patents, patented, patenting); adjective (patented)
Got a patent: an official right that says only the inventor may make or sell an invention for a number of years. - paternal adjective (paternal)
Like a father or to do with being a father: caring and protective. - paternally adverb (paternally)
1) In a fatherly way: kind, caring or protective, like a father. 2) On the father's side of a family. - paternity noun (paternity, uncountable)
1) (formal, law) Being the father of a child. 2) (adult life) «Paternity leave» is time off work that a father gets when his baby is born.… - paternoster noun (the Paternoster, paternosters); noun (a paternoster lift — UK)
The Paternoster is the Lord's Prayer, the prayer Jesus taught, named from its first words in Latin, «Pater noster», meaning «Our Father». - path noun (path, paths)
A path is a narrow way to walk on, through a park, garden or woods. - pathetic adjective (pathetic, more pathetic)
Very weak, useless or poor; not good enough: «That was a pathetic excuse.». - pathogen noun (a pathogen, pathogens)
1) A tiny living thing, such as a bacterium, virus or fungus, that can cause disease. - pathway noun (a pathway, pathways)
A path or track that people walk along, often through a garden, park or field. - patience noun (patience — uncountable)
Being able to wait calmly, or to keep trying, without getting angry or upset. - patient adjective (patient, more patient, most patient); noun (a patient, patients)
Able to wait calmly without getting cross or upset. - patiently adverb
1) Patiently means in a calm way, waiting or working without getting cross, bored or upset. - patina noun (a patina, patinas)
A patina is a thin green or brown layer that forms on copper, bronze and some other metals over time, like on the Statue of Liberty. - patio noun (a patio, patios)
1) A patio is a flat, paved area next to a house, used for sitting, eating and relaxing outside. - patois noun (patois — same form for plural; uncountable as a language)
A patois is a form of a language spoken by ordinary people in a particular area, different from the standard language. - patriarch noun (a patriarch, patriarchs)
The man who is the head of a family or tribe, often the oldest. - patrician noun (a patrician, patricians); adjective (patrician)
noun: In ancient Rome, a member of the old, rich and noble families. - patrimony noun (patrimony, no plural) (old use)
1) Patrimony is the money, land or goods handed down to someone by their father or family. - patriotic adjective (patriotic; more patriotic, most patriotic)
Loving your country and feeling proud of it, and wanting to help it. - patrol verb (patrol, patrols, patrolled, patrolling); noun (a patrol, patrols)
To patrol an area is to go around it regularly to check that it is safe and that nothing is wrong. - patron noun (a patron, patrons)
A patron is a person who gives money or support to an artist, a charity or a group. - patronage noun (patronage, no plural)
Patronage is the support or kindness given by a patron, such as a customer, a backer or a lover of the arts. - patroness noun (patroness, patronesses)
A patroness is a woman who supports, protects or pays for a cause, a church, a school or an artist. - patronising adjective (patronising; more patronising); also the -ing form of the verb patronise (patronise, patronises, patronised, patronising); US spelling patronizing
Talking to someone or treating them as if they were less clever or less important than you, in a kind-seeming but rude way. - patronizing adjective (patronizing, more patronizing, most patronizing)
1) Patronizing describes talk or manners that treat someone as if they are less clever or less important, in a kind but proud way. - patronymic noun (a patronymic, patronymics); adjective
A name made from the name of your father or a male ancestor, like Johnson (son of John) or Ukrainian Ivanovych (son of Ivan). - patter noun (patter, the patter of); verb (patter, patters, pattered, pattering)
A quick, light, tapping sound, like rain or small feet. - pattern noun (pattern, patterns); verb (pattern, patterns, patterned, patterning — rare)
A pattern is something that repeats in a rule, like red, blue, red, blue, or 2, 4, 6, 8. - patty noun (a patty, patties)
A flat round cake of minced meat or other food, especially the meat in a burger. - paunch noun (paunch, paunches)
1) A paunch is a large, rounded belly, often a fat one. - pause noun (pause, pauses); verb (pause, pauses, paused, pausing)
1) A pause is a short stop or rest. To pause means to stop for a little while and then go on. 2) To pause a video, film or game is to stop… - pave verb (pave, paves, paved, paving)
To cover a road, path or yard with a hard flat surface, such as stones, bricks, concrete or tarmac. - paved adjective (paved); verb (pave, paves, paved, paving)
Paved means covered with a hard flat surface such as stones, bricks or asphalt, so people can walk or drive on it. - pavement noun (a pavement, pavements)
1) In British English, a pavement is the path at the side of a road for people to walk on (in American English, the sidewalk; in… - pavilion noun (a pavilion, pavilions)
A building beside a sports field, especially a cricket ground, where players change and rest. - paving noun (paving, uncountable); verb form (-ing of pave: pave, paves, paved, paving)
Paving is flat stones, bricks or slabs used to cover the ground to make a path, patio or pavement. - paw noun (a paw, paws); verb (paw, paws, pawed, pawing)
A paw is the foot of an animal like a cat, dog, bear or rabbit, usually with claws and soft pads. - pawn noun (a pawn, pawns); verb (pawn, pawns, pawned, pawning)
A pawn is the smallest and least powerful piece in chess; each player has eight. - pax noun (pax — uncountable); interjection (pax! — old UK school slang)
1) (Latin) Pax is the Latin word for peace. 2) (history) Pax followed by a name, like Pax Romana, means a long time of peace kept by one… - pay verb (pay, pays, paid, paying); noun (pay)
To pay is to give money for something you buy or for work done. - payable adjective (payable)
Payable means that must be paid, or can be paid, often by a certain time. - payback noun (payback; a payback)
Payback is revenge: doing something bad to someone because they did something bad to you. - payday noun (payday, paydays)
1) Payday is the day when workers are paid their wages. 2) (informal) A big payday is a time when someone gets a lot of money at once. - payer noun (payer, payers)
1) A payer is the person or group who pays money. 2) A taxpayer is a person who pays taxes. - payment noun (payment, payments)
A payment is money that is paid for something. - payslip noun (a payslip, payslips) — US pay stub
1) (money) A payslip is a paper or digital note that an employer gives a worker with their pay, showing how much they earned and what was… - pc abbreviation (PC, PCs; pc)
A PC is a personal computer, often a desktop or laptop computer, especially one that is not an Apple Mac. - pe noun abbreviation (PE — physical education)
1) PE is short for physical education, the school lesson where you do sport, games, gymnastics and exercise. - pea noun (a pea, peas)
A pea is a small round green seed that grows in a pod and is eaten as a vegetable. - peace noun (peace — uncountable)
1) A time when there is no war or fighting. 2) Quiet and calm; no noise or worry. 3) Getting along with others without arguing. - peaceable adjective (peaceable, more peaceable, most peaceable); adverb peaceably
1) Not wanting to fight or argue; liking peace. 2) Calm and without fighting: «a peaceable meeting». 3) (church, Bible) The «peaceable… - peaceful adjective (peaceful, more peaceful, most peaceful)
Peaceful means calm and quiet, without noise or worry. - peacefully adverb
1) Peacefully means in a calm, quiet way. 2) Peacefully means without fighting or violence. 3) (euphemism) «Died peacefully» is a gentle… - peacekeeper noun (a peacekeeper, peacekeepers)
A soldier or police officer, often sent by the United Nations, whose job is to stop fighting and keep peace between groups after a war. - peacemaker noun (a peacemaker, peacemakers)
A person who helps people or groups stop fighting and make friends again. - peach noun (peach, peaches); adjective (peach — a color)
A peach is a soft, round, sweet fruit with fuzzy skin and a big stone (pit) inside. - peacock noun (a peacock, peacocks)
1) A peacock is a large male bird with a long, brilliant blue-green tail with «eye» patterns, which it spreads out in a huge fan to… - peafowl noun (a peafowl, peafowl or peafowls)
1) Peafowl are large birds of the pheasant family; the male is a peacock, the female is a peahen, and the babies are peachicks. - peahen noun (a peahen, peahens)
1) A female peafowl. She is mostly brown and grey, without the huge colourful tail of the male peacock. - peak noun (a peak, peaks); verb (peak, peaks, peaked, peaking); adjective (peak)
A peak is the pointed top of a mountain, or a mountain with a pointed top. - peal noun (a peal, peals); verb (peal, peals, pealed, pealing)
1) The loud ringing sound of bells. 2) A loud sound, such as a peal of thunder or a peal of laughter. 3) To ring loudly. - peanut noun (a peanut, peanuts)
A small oval seed that grows in a shell under the ground and is eaten as a snack, roasted or salted. - peanuts noun, plural of «peanut» (a peanut, peanuts)
1) Small oval seeds that grow in pods under the ground, eaten roasted or as peanut butter. 2) (informal) A very small amount of money. - pear noun (pear, pears)
A pear is a sweet, juicy fruit, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, with a green, yellow or brown skin. - pearl noun (a pearl, pearls; pearl — the material); adjective (pearl, pearly)
A small hard shiny round thing, white or cream, that grows inside an oyster or some other shellfish and is used in jewellery. - peasant noun (a peasant, peasants); adjective (peasant farmers)
1) A peasant was a poor farmer or farm worker in the past, especially in the Middle Ages, who worked a small piece of land and often had… - peasantry noun (the peasantry, uncountable)
1) All the peasants of a country taken together: the poor farm workers and small farmers, especially in the past. - peat noun (peat — uncountable)
1) Soft, dark brown soil made of plants that have half-rotted very slowly in wet, boggy places over thousands of years; it can be dried… - pebble noun (a pebble, pebbles)
A pebble is a small, smooth, round stone, often found on beaches and in rivers. - peck verb (peck, pecks, pecked, pecking); noun (a peck, pecks)
1) (of a bird) To hit or pick up something with the beak. 2) Noun: a quick hit with a beak. 3) Noun: a quick light kiss: a peck on the… - peckish adjective (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ)
1) (informal) A little bit hungry. - pectin noun (pectin, uncountable)
1) A natural substance in fruits, especially apples and lemons, that makes jam and jelly set (go thick and firm). - pectoral adjective (pectoral); noun (a pectoral, pectorals; informal pecs)
adjective: Of or on the chest: "pectoral muscles". - peculiar adjective (peculiar, more peculiar, most peculiar)
Peculiar means strange or unusual, sometimes in a slightly worrying way. - peculiarly adverb (peculiarly)
1) In a strange or odd way. 2) Especially or particularly, as in «peculiarly difficult». 3) Belonging only to one group or place, as in… - pecuniary adjective (pecuniary)
1) (formal) Pecuniary means to do with money. - pedal noun (a pedal, pedals); verb (pedal, pedals, pedalled/pedaled, pedalling/pedaling)
A part you push with your foot to make a bike move. - pedestrian noun (a pedestrian, pedestrians); adjective (pedestrian)
A pedestrian is a person who is walking, especially in a street, not riding or driving. - pediatrician noun (a pediatrician, pediatricians); UK spelling paediatrician
1) A doctor who specially looks after babies, children and teenagers. - pedigree noun (a pedigree, pedigrees); adjective (a pedigree dog)
The list of an animal's parents, grandparents and earlier ancestors, showing it is of one pure breed. - pee verb (pee, pees, peed, peeing); noun (pee, a pee)
1) (informal) To pee is to let urine out of your body; to go to the toilet. 2) (noun) Pee is urine. 3) The name of the letter P. - peek verb (peek, peeks, peeked, peeking); noun (a peek)
To peek means to look at something quickly or secretly, often when you should not. - peekaboo interjection (peekaboo!); noun (peekaboo — a game)
Peekaboo is a game for babies where you hide your face and then show it, saying «Peekaboo!». - peel verb (peel, peels, peeled, peeling); noun (peel)
To peel is to take the skin off fruit or vegetables. - peeler noun (a peeler, peelers)
A peeler is a kitchen tool with a blade for taking the skin off fruit and vegetables.
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