Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
1000. hamlet, village, thorp[obs3], dorp[obs3], ham, kraal; borough,
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burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country;
county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto. street, place,
terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda[obs3], board walk, embankment,
road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd[Scot], close,
yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews. square, polygon, circus,
crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister;
gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place,
plaza. anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port,
harbor. quarter, parish &c. (region) 181. assembly room, meetinghouse,
pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern,
caravansary, dak bungalow[obs3], khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot
house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house*
[U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop[obs3], dive
[U.S.], exchange [euphemism, U.S.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.],
shebeen[obs3]; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet,
cafe, estaminet[obs3], posada[obs3]; almshouse[obs3], poorhouse,
townhouse [U.S.]. garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance[obs3],
demesne. [quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary;
barn, stall; zoo. V. take up one's abode &c. (locate oneself) 184;
inhabit &c. (be present) 186. Adj. urban, metropolitan; suburban;
provincial, rural, rustic; domestic; cosmopolitan; palatial. Phr.
eigner Hert ist goldes Werth[Ger]; "even cities have their graves"
[Longfellow]; ubi libertas ibi patria[Lat]; home sweet home.
#190. [Things contained.] Contents.—N. contents; cargo, lading,
freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag; cartload[obs3], shipload;
cup of, basket of, &c. (receptacle) 191 of; inside &c. 221; stuffing,
ullage.
#191. Receptacle.—N. receptacle; inclosure &c. 232; recipient,
receiver, reservatory. compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole,
corner, niche, recess, nook; crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel;
cave &c. (concavity) 252. capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli,
utricle, bladder; pericarp, udder. stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle,
crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket; mouth. pocket, pouch, fob,
sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase,
scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule,
budget, net; ditty bag, ditty box; housewife, hussif; saddlebags;
portfolio; quiver &c. (magazine) 636. chest, box, coffer, caddy, case,
casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau,
band-box, valise; grip, grip sack [U.S.]; skippet, vasculum; boot,
imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack. vessel, vase, bushel, barrel;
canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund|,
creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere,
corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil;
brazier; cuspidor, spittoon. [For liquids] cistern &c. (store) 636;
vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt,
cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer,
cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket;
stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver,
patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket
pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug,
pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic,
bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup,
goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet,
posnet|, tureen. [laboratory vessels for liquids] beaker, flask,
Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated
cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable
pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter
tray, centrifuge tube. bail, beaker, billy, canakin; catch basin, catch
drain; chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner [U.S.], spider, terrine, toby,
urceus. plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager,
saucer, pan, crucible; glassware, tableware; vitrics. compote, gravy
boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl,
chafing dish. shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper,
tablespoon, watch glass, thimble. closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret,
chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe,
sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy,
till, scrutoire|, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet,
canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine. chamber, apartment,
room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment
[U.S.], flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence
chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception
room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum,
sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger;
nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking
room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement. [room for defecation and
urination] bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room; john,
jakes, necessary, loo; [in public places] men's room, ladies' room,
rest room; [fixtures: see 653 (uncleanness)]. attic, loft, garret,
cockloft, clerestory; cellar, vault, hold, cockpit; cubbyhole; cook
house; entre-sol; mezzanine floor; ground floor, rez-de-chaussee;
basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices; storeroom
&c. (depository) 636; lumber room; dairy, laundry. coach house; garage;
hangar; outhouse; penthouse; lean-to. portico, porch, stoop, stope,
veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck; lobby, court, courtyard, hall,
vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway; ante room, ante chamber;
lounge; piazza [=veranda, U.S.]. conservatory, greenhouse, bower,
arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage. lodging &c. (abode) 189;
bed &c. (support) 215; carriage &c. (vehicle) 272. Adj. capsular;
saccular, sacculated; recipient; ventricular, cystic, vascular,
vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric;
marsupial; siliquose, siliquous.
SECTION II. DIMENSIONS
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