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Factory[ fak-tuh-ree, -tree ]
noun, plural fac·to·ries.
- a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
- any place producing a uniform product, without concern for individuality: They call it a law school, but it's just a degree factory.
- (formerly) an establishment for factors and merchants carrying on business in a foreign country.
link[ lingk ]
noun
- one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- anything serving to connect one part or thing with another; a bond or tie: The locket was a link with the past.
- a unit in a communications system, as a radio relay station or a television booster station.
- any of a series of sausages in a chain.
examination[ ig-zam-uh-ney-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of examining; inspection; inquiry; investigation.
- the state of being examined.
- the act or process of testing pupils, candidates, etc., as by questions.
- the test itself; the list of questions asked.
- the answers, statements, etc., made by one examined.
- Law. formal interrogation.
lake[ leyk ]
noun
- a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
- any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil.
loss[ laws, los ]
noun
- detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- something that is lost: The painting was the greatest loss from the robbery.
- an amount or number lost: The loss of life increased each day.
- the state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had: the loss of old friends.
- death, or the fact of being dead: to mourn the loss of a grandparent.
- the accidental or inadvertent losing of something dropped, misplaced, stolen, etc.: to discover the loss of a document.
matter[ mat-er ]
noun
- the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- the matter of which the earth is made.
- physical or corporeal substance in general, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, especially as distinguished from incorporeal substance, as spirit or mind, or from qualities, actions, and the like.
- something that occupies space.
- a particular kind of substance:
- coloring matter.
verb (used without object)
- to be of importance; signify:
- It matters little.
- Pathology. to suppurate.
custody[ kuhs-tuh-dee ]
noun, plural cus·to·dies.
- keeping; guardianship; care.
- the keeping or charge of officers of the law: The car was held in the custody of the police.
- imprisonment; legal restraint: He was taken into custody.
- Also called child custody. Law. the right of determining the residence, protection, care, and education of a minor child or children, especially in a divorce or separation.
shed[ shed ]
noun
- a slight or rude structure built for shelter, storage, etc.
- a large, strongly built structure, often open at the sides or end.
Tip[tip]
noun
- a slender or pointed end or extremity, especially of anything long or tapered: the tips of the fingers.
- the top, summit, or apex: the tip of the mountain.
- a small piece or part, as of metal or leather, forming or covering the extremity of something: a cane with a rubber tip.
verb (used with object), tipped, tip·ping.
- to furnish with a tip.
- to serve as or form the tip of.
Verb Phrases
- tip in, Bookbinding. to paste the inner margin of (a map, illustration, or other plate) into a signature before gathering.