Synonyms of the word

cowcatcher

• n. (archaic, rail transport, principally US) The V-shaped device on the front of a locomotive (or other large…

buffer

• n. Someone or something that buffs.
• n. (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
• n. (computing) A portion of memory set aside to store data, often before it is sent to an external device…
• n. (mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
• n. (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of…
• n. (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
• n. (rail transport) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
• n. An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving…
• n. (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
• n. (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
• n. (figuratively) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
• v. To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
• v. (computing) To store data in memory temporarily.
• v. (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by additing an acid or a base.
• adj. comparative form of buff: more buff.

fender

• n. (US) Panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
• n. (US) A shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water.
• n. (nautical) Any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along…
• n. A low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash.
• v. (nautical) To use fenders to protect the side of a boat.

frame

• v. (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
• v. (transitive) To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent…
• v. (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan;…
• v. (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
• v. (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
• v. (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
• v. (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
• v. (transitive, criminology) Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.
• v. (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; refresh; support.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To execute; perform.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
• n. The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
• n. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
• n. The structure of a person's body.
• n. A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
• n. A piece of photographic film containing an image.
• n. A context for understanding or interpretation.
• n. (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win)…
• n. (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
• n. (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but…
• n. (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although…
• n. (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
• n. (film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of…
• n. (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
• n. (baseball, slang) An inning.
• n. (engineering, dated, chiefly Britain) Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
• n. (dated) frame of mind; disposition.
• n. (obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
• n. (dated, video games) A stage or level of a video game.
• n. (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
• n. (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.

framework

• n. (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
• n. (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
• n. (figuratively, especially in computing) A basic conceptual structure.
• n. (literally) The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task…

framing

• v. present participle of frame.

pilot

• n. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
• n. A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel…
• n. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
• n. (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
• n. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
• n. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
• n. Something serving as a test or trial.
• n. A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
• n. A sample episode of a proposed TV series.
• n. (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
• n. A pilot light.
• n. One who flies a kite.
• n. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
• adj. Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability. (pilot run, pilot plant).
• adj. Used to control or activate another device. (pilot light).
• adj. A vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination. (pilot vehicle).
• adj. Used to indicate operation ("pilot lamp").
• v. (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
• v. (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
• v. (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.).