。。。place where 。。。。
abattoir
abattoir abattoirs
An abattoir is a place where animals are killed in order to provide meat. (BRIT; in AM use slaughterhouse)
N-COUNT
= slaughterhouse
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abode
1 abode abodes
Your abode is the place where you live. (FORMAL)
I went round the streets and found his new abode.
N-COUNT: usu poss N
2 abode
If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless. (LEGAL)
In any local hospital 30 per cent of psychiatric beds are occupied by people of no fixed abode.
PHR: oft of PHR
3 abode
If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there. (LEGAL)
Outsiders who wed islanders are given only three years' right of abode at first.
PHR: oft PHR in n
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abrasion
abrasion abrasions
An abrasion is an area on a person's body where the skin has been scraped. (FORMAL)
He had severe abrasions to his right cheek.
N-COUNT
= graze, cut
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absent
1 absent
If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
He has been absent from his desk for two weeks.
The pictures, too, were absent from the walls.
Any soldier failing to report would be considered absent without leave and punished accordingly.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ from n
2 absent
If someone appears absent, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else.
`Nothing,' Rosie said in an absent way.
ADJ-GRADED
= inattentive
?absently
He nodded absently.
ADV-GRADED
3 absent
An absent parent does not live with his or her children.
...absent fathers who fail to pay towards the costs of looking after their children.
ADJ: ADJ n
4 absent absents absenting absented
If someone absents themselves from a place where they should be or where they usually are, they do not go there or they do not stay there. (FORMAL)
She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose.
He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave.
VB
5 absent
If you say that absent one thing, another thing will happen, you mean that if the first thing does not happen, the second thing will happen. (AM, FORMAL)
Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.
PREP
= without
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