counter
Definitions of counter
adv. - A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
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v. t. - One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
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v. t. - A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
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v. t. - Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
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v. t. - A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
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v. t. - A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
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v. t. - A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
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adv. - Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
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adv. - In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
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adv. - At or against the front or face.
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a. - Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
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adv. - The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
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adv. - Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
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adv. - The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
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adv. - The back leather or heel part of a boot.
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n. - An encounter.
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v. i. - To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
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The word "counter" uses 7 letters: C E N O R T U.
Direct anagrams of counter:
cornute recount trounce
Words formed by adding one letter before or after counter (in bold), or to cenortu in any order:
a - courante outrance d - cornuted trounced f - confuter i - neurotic unerotic n - nocturne r - trouncer s - construe counters recounts trounces
Shorter words found within counter:
cent cento centu cero con cone conte cor core corn cornet cornu cot cote count court couter crone cruet cue cunt cur cure curet curn curt cut cute cuter ecru ecu en eon er ern eruct et euro ne net no nor not note noter nu nut oe on once one or orc ore ort ounce our out outer outre re rec recon recto recut rent ret roc roe rot rote roue rouen rout route rue run rune runt rut ten tenor tenour tern to toe ton tone toner tor torc tore torn tour trone truce true tun tune tuner turn un unco unto urn ut
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