NOUN | artifact | purse, bag, handbag, pocketbook | a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) |
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possession | purse | a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse | |
artifact | purse | a small bag for carrying money | |
possession | purse | a sum of money offered as a prize | |
VERB | change | purse | contract one's lips into a rounded shape |
contact | purse, wrinkle | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds |
Sounds | per's | |
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Rhymes | adverse ... worse: 27 rhymes with ers... |
Meaning | A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women). | |
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Synonyms | bag, handbag, pocketbook | |
Parts | clasp | A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together |
Narrower | clutch bag, clutch | A woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand |
etui | small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles | |
evening bag | A handbag used with evening wear | |
reticule | A woman's drawstring handbag | |
shoulder bag | A large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder | |
Broader | container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
Spanish | bolsa, bolso, cartera | |
Catalan | bossa de mà, bossa, cartera |
Meaning | A sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse. | |
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Broader | sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money | A quantity of money |
Meaning | A small bag for carrying money. | |
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Parts | purse string | A drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse |
Broader | bag | A flexible container with a single opening |
Spanish | cartera, monedero | |
Catalan | cartera, moneder |
Meaning | A sum of money offered as a prize. | |
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Example | "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses" | |
Broader | sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money | A quantity of money |
Spanish | bolsa, cantidad |
Meaning | contract one's lips into a rounded shape. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Narrower | pooch, pooch out | round one's lips as if intending to kiss |
Broader | round, round out, round off | make round |
Spanish | fruncir los labios, fruncir | |
Catalan | fer morros |
Meaning | Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "purse ones's lips" | |
Synonym | wrinkle | |
Broader | contract | make smaller |
Spanish | fruncir | |
Catalan | frunzir |
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