| NOUN | food | trifle | a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly |
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| cognition | trifle, triviality | a detail that is considered insignificant | |
| artifact | trifle, triviality, trivia, small beer | something of small importance | |
| VERB | stative | trifle, piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away | waste time |
| social | trifle, frivol | act frivolously | |
| cognition | trifle, dally, play | consider not very seriously |
| Sounds | tray'fahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate. | |
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| Narrower | tipsy cake | A trifle soaked in wine and decorated with almonds and candied fruit |
| Broader | pudding, pud | (British) the dessert course of a meal ('pud' is used informally) |
| Spanish | sopa inglesa, trifle | |
| Catalan | fotesa | |
| Meaning | A detail that is considered insignificant. | |
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| Synonym | triviality | |
| Broader | detail, item, point | An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole |
| Spanish | fruslería, futilidad, nimiedad, pamema, pequeñez, tecnicismo | |
| Catalan | bagatel·la, fotesa, futilitat, nimietat, petitesa | |
| Meaning | Something of small importance. | |
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| Synonyms | triviality, trivia, small beer | |
| Narrower | bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity | Something of little value or significance |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
| Spanish | bagatela, minucia, nimiedad, pamema, pequeñez, trivialidad | |
| Catalan | bagatel·la, fotesa, futilesa, futilitat, minúcia, nimietat, trivialitat | |
| Meaning | Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away | |
| Broader | spend, expend, drop | pay out |
| Nouns | trifling | the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working |
| Meaning | Act frivolously. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | frivol | |
| Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
| Nouns | trifler | one who behaves lightly or not seriously |
| Meaning | Consider not very seriously. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | Sam wants to trifle with Sue | |
| Synonyms | dally, play | |
| Broader | consider, take, deal, look at | Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes |
| Similar to | dally, toy, play, flirt | Behave carelessly or indifferently |
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