| NOUN | substance | lighter, igniter, ignitor | a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire / fire |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | lighter, light, igniter, ignitor | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires | |
| artifact | lighter, barge, flatboat, hoy | a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | |
| VERB | motion | lighter | transport in a flatbottom boat |
| Sounds | lay'ter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire / fire. | |
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| Synonyms | igniter, ignitor | |
| Narrower | firelighter | (a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire |
| kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk | material for starting a fire / fire | |
| punk | Substance that smolders when ignited | |
| Broader | fuel | A substance that can be consumed to produce energy |
| Spanish | encendedor, mechero | |
| Catalan | encenedor | |
| Verbs | light | cause to start burning |
| Meaning | A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires. | |
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| Synonyms | light, igniter, ignitor | |
| Narrower | cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter | A lighter / lighter for cigars or cigarettes |
| fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming | Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | |
| match, lucifer, friction match | lighter / lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical | |
| match | A burning piece of wood or cardboard | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | briquet, encendedor, mechero, yesquero | |
| Catalan | encenedor | |
| Verbs | light | cause to start burning |
| Meaning | A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals). | |
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| Synonyms | barge, flatboat, hoy | |
| Narrower | dredger | A barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging |
| houseboat | A barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling | |
| pontoon | (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge | |
| scow | A barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold | |
| wherry, Norfolk wherry | Sailing barge used especially in East Anglia | |
| Broader | boat | A small vessel for travel on water |
| Spanish | barca, barcaza, bombo, gabarra, hoy, lanchón, panga | |
| Catalan | barcassa, pastera | |
| Verbs | lighter | transport in a flatbottom boat |
| Meaning | transport in a flatbottom boat. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Broader | transport | Move something or somebody around |
| Spanish | transportar en chalana | |
| Nouns | lighter | a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) |
| lighterage | the transportation of goods on a lighter | |
| lighterage | the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters | |
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