noun

puck

puck /pʌk/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: English dialect; Origin: puck 'to hit', from ↑poke¹]
a hard flat circular piece of rubber that you hit with the stick in the game of ↑ice hockey

shop

I. shop¹ S1 W1 /ʃɒp $ ʃɑːp/ BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: noun: ↑shop, ↑shopper, ↑shopping; verb: ↑shop]
[Language: Old English; Origin: sceoppa 'stall']
1. PLACE WHERE YOU BUY THINGS [countable] especially British English a building or part of a building where you can buy things, food, or services SYN store American English
toy/pet/shoe/gift etc shop
Her brother runs a record shop in Chester.
a barber’s shop
a fish-and-chip shop
the local shops
Shirley saw her reflection in the shop window.
in the shops
New potatoes are in the shops now.
I’m just going down to the shops.
wander/browse around the shops
I spent a happy afternoon wandering around the shops. ⇨ ↑bucket shop, ↑corner shop, ↑coffee shop
2. PLACE THAT MAKES/REPAIRS THINGS [countable] a place where something is made or repaired:
The generators are put together in the machine shop.
a bicycle repair shop ⇨ ↑shop floor, ↑shop steward
3. SCHOOL SUBJECT (also shop class) [uncountable] American English a subject taught in schools that shows students how to use tools and machinery to make or repair things
in shop
Doug made this table in shop.
wood/metal/print etc shop
One auto shop class is run just for girls.
4. set up shop informal to start a business
5. shut up shop British English, close up shop American English informal to close a shop or business, either temporarily or permanently
6. talk shop informal to talk about things that are related to your work, especially in a way that other people find boring:
I’m fed up with you two talking shop. ⇨ ↑shop talk
7. all over the shop British English spoken
a) scattered around untidily:
There were bits of paper all over the shop.
b) confused and disorganized:
I’m all over the shop this morning.
8. GO SHOPPING [singular] British English spoken an occasion when you go shopping, especially for food and other things you need regularly:
She always does the weekly shop on a Friday.
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▪ shop especially British English, store especially American English a building or place where things are sold: She's gone to the shops to get some milk. | a clothes shop | Our local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.
▪ boutique a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects: a little boutique which specializes in bath products.
▪ superstore British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a city: Out -of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.
▪ department store a very large shop that is divided into several big parts, each of which sells one type of thing, such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen equipment: He went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.
▪ supermarket (also grocery store American English) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes: Supermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.
▪ salon a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etc
▪ garden centre British English, nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your garden: Your local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.
▪ outlet formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type: The book is available from most retail outlets.
▪ market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things: I usually buy our vegetables at the market – they're much cheaper there.
▪ mall especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large building: A new restaurant has opened at the mall. | We used to hang around together at the mall.
▪ strip mall American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of it: Strip malls can seem rather impersonal.

sitcom

sit‧com /ˈsɪtkɒm $ -kɑːm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: situation comedy]
(situation comedy) a funny television programme in which the same characters appear in different situations each week
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▪ programme British English, program American English /ˈprəʊɡræm/ something that you watch on television, or listen to on the radio: What’s your favourite television programme? | I watched an interesting programme about Egypt last night.
▪ show /ʃəʊ/ a programme on television or the radio, especially an informal one in which people talk together, take part in a game etc: a late-night talk show | game shows | She hosts a weekly call-in radio show called ‘Got a question?’
▪ documentary /ˌdɒkjɑˈmentəri◂ $ ˌdɑːk-/ a programme that gives you facts and information about a serious subject, such as history, science, or social problems: a documentary about homeless people | a 50-minute television documentary
▪ soap opera/soap /ˈsəʊp ˌɒpərə $ -ˌɑː-, səʊp/ a television or radio programme that tells an imaginary story about a group of people and their lives, and is often broadcast regularly for many years: the Australian soap opera ‘Neighbours’ | the huge success of television soaps
▪ sitcom /ˈsɪtkɒm $ -kɑːm/ an amusing programme in which there is a different story each week about the same group of people: the American sitcom ‘Friends’
▪ reality TV television programmes that show real people in funny situations or situations in which they must compete with each other. Often the people are filmed continuously for weeks or months: the reality TV show ‘Big Brother’ | The trouble with reality TV is that a lot of the time it’s really boring.
▪ webcast a programme, event etc that is broadcast on the Internet: Universities may record and broadcast some lectures as webcasts.
▪ podcast a file of recorded sound and sometimes pictures that you can ↑download from the Internet: The interview is available as a podcast.

sunset

sun‧set /ˈsʌnset/ BrE AmE noun

scarf

I. scarf¹ /skɑːf $ skɑːrf/ BrE AmE noun (plural scarfs or scarves /skɑːvz $ skɑːrvz/) [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old North French; Origin: escarpe, from Old French escherpe 'bag hung around the neck']
a piece of cloth that you wear around your neck, head, or shoulders, especially to keep warm
II. scarf² BrE AmE (also scarf down/up) verb [transitive] American English informal
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: scoff 'to eat quickly' (18-21 centuries)]
to eat something very quickly:
She scarfed down a bagel on her way to work.
1. [uncountable] the time of day when the sun disappears and night begins
at sunset
We take the flag down at sunset.
2. [uncountable and countable] the coloured part of the sky where the sun is disappearing at the end of the day ⇨ dusk:
a glorious sunset

sunset

sun‧set /ˈsʌnset/ BrE AmE noun
1. [uncountable] the time of day when the sun disappears and night begins
at sunset
We take the flag down at sunset.
2. [uncountable and countable] the coloured part of the sky where the sun is disappearing at the end of the day ⇨ dusk:
a glorious sunset

III. short³ BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: noun: ↑short, ↑shortage, ↑shortness, shorts, ↑shorty; verb: ↑shorten, ↑short; adverb: ↑short, ↑shortly; adjective: ↑short]
1. shorts [plural]
a) short trousers ending at or above the knees:
a pair of shorts
tourists in shorts and T-shirts ⇨ ↑Bermuda shorts, ↑cycling shorts
b) especially American English men’s underwear with short legs:
Craig was standing in the kitchen in his shorts. ⇨ ↑boxer shorts, ↑Jockey shorts
2. in short used when you want to give the main point of something:
Carter hoped for greater trust between the two nations, more trade, more cultural exchanges – in short, a genuine peace.
3. for short used as a shorter way of saying a name:
His name’s Maximilian, but we just call him Max for short.
4. [countable] informal a short film shown in the cinema
5. [countable] British English informal a strong alcoholic drink that is not beer or wine, drunk in a small glass SYN shot American English:
Do you fancy a short?
6. [countable] informal a ↑short circuit:
a short in the system
⇨ the long and the short of it at ↑long¹(10)
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▪ film especially British English, movie especially American English a series of images that tell a story and are shown in a cinema or on television: What’s your favourite movie? | It won the award for best foreign film. | a made-for-TV movie
▪ motion picture formal (also picture) a film – used especially by people who make films or by critics: a major Hollywood motion picture | Tell us about your latest picture.
▪ blockbuster informal a very successful film: Steven Spielberg’s latest Hollywood blockbuster
▪ flick informal a film – a very informal use: an action flick
▪ documentary a film that gives detailed information and facts about a particular subject: a documentary on the rain forest
▪ feature film a film made to be shown in cinemas: The book was later made into a full-length feature film starring Sean Penn.
▪ comedy a film intended to make people laugh: Monroe appeared in a number of comedies.
▪ romantic comedy (also romcom British English informal) a film about two people who are in love, which is intended to make the people who watch it feel happy: ‘Notting Hill’ is a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
▪ thriller an exciting film, especially about murder or serious crimes: ‘The Birds’ is a classic Hitchcock thriller.
▪ film noir a film that shows strong feelings of fear or evil and whose characters are often immoral, or these films in general: ‘The Big Sleep’ is a classic Hollywood film noir.
▪ action film/movie a film that has lots of fighting, explosions etc: Stallone’s latest action movie
▪ horror film/movie a frightening film about ghosts, murders etc: She loves watching old horror movies.
▪ western a film with cowboys in it: John Wayne is famous for making westerns.
▪ science fiction film/movie (also sci-fi film/movie informal) a film about imaginary events in the future or in outer space: ‘2001’ is probably the most famous sci-fi movie ever made.
▪ gangster film/movie a film about violent criminals
▪ silent film/movie an old film without any sound: The 1920s were the golden age of silent movies.
▪ an independent film/movie a film made by a small film company
▪ animated film/movie/cartoon a film with characters that are drawn or made using a computer: One of his first animated films was ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’.
▪ anime /ˈænɪmeɪ, -mə/ a type of Japanese animated film, which often has a science fiction story: Miyazaki’s anime film ‘Spirited Away’ became an international success. | an anime character
▪ CGI the use of computers to create characters and images in a film: The film uses CGI. | Disney’s latest CGI movie
▪ short a short film, usually shown before a longer movie in the cinema: an animated short
▪ trailer a series of short scenes from a film or programme, shown in order to advertise it in a cinema, on television etc: We had to sit through all the trailers.
IV. short⁴ BrE AmE (also short out) verb [intransitive and transitive]
[Word Family: noun: ↑short, ↑shortage, ↑shortness, shorts, ↑shorty; verb: ↑shorten, ↑short; adverb: ↑short, ↑shortly; adjective: ↑short]
to ↑short-circuit, or make something do this:
The toaster shorted and caused a fire.

pie

pie S2 /paɪ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Perhaps from pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ ↑magpie); because the different things in a pie are like the different things a magpie collects]
1. fruit baked inside a ↑pastry covering
slice/piece of pie
Would you like another piece of apple pie?
2. British English meat or vegetables baked inside a ↑pastry or potato covering:
I had steak and kidney pie with chips.
3. slice/share/piece of the pie a share of something such as money, profits etc:
The smaller companies want a bigger share of the pie.
4. pie in the sky something good that someone says will happen, but which you think is impossible or unlikely:
Hope of a cure is just pie in the sky. ⇨ ↑mud pie, ↑pie chart, ⇨ easy as pie at ↑easy¹(1), ⇨ eat humble pie at ↑humble¹(6), ⇨ have a finger in every pie at ↑finger¹(7), ⇨ be as nice as pie at ↑nice(11)

owl

owl /aʊl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: ule]
a bird with large eyes that hunts at night

pyramid

pyr‧a‧mid /ˈpɪrəmɪd/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: pyramis, from Greek]
1. a large stone building with four ↑triangular (=three-sided) walls that slope in to a point at the top, especially in Egypt and Central America
2. [usually singular] a system, society, company etc that is organized in different levels, so that there is a small number of people at the top and a much larger number of people at the bottom:
different levels of the management pyramid
At the bottom of the pyramid are the poor.
3. a pile of objects that have been put into the shape of a pyramid
pyramid of
a pyramid of oranges
4. an object shaped like a pyramid
—pyramidal /pɪˈræmɪdl/ adjective
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■ types of shapes
▪ square a shape with four straight sides that are equal in length and four angles of 90 degrees
▪ circle a round shape that is like an O
▪ semicircle half a circle
▪ triangle a shape with three straight sides and three angles
▪ rectangle a shape with four straight sides and four angles of 90 degrees
▪ oval a shape like a circle, but that is longer than it is wide
▪ cylinder an object in the shape of a tube
▪ cube a solid object with six equal square sides
▪ pyramid a shape with a square base and four triangular sides that meet in a point at the top
▪ sphere a shape like a ball

popcorn

pop‧corn /ˈpɒpkɔːn $ ˈpɑːpkɔːrn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
a kind of corn that swells and bursts open when heated, and is usually eaten warm with salt or sugar as a ↑snack