a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
a plot of ground in which plants are growing | the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter |
a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases |
the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc. | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist |
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance | a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily |
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit | a woman's full loose hiplength jacket |
a depression forming the ground under a body of water | any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) |
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock) | the quantity contained in a sack |
| an enclosed space |