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'garden centre noun (BrE) a place that sells plants, seeds, garden equipment, etc. ®
.garden city, .garden suburb nouns (BrE) a city or part of a city that has been specially designed to have a lot
of open spaces, parks and trees ftLMWfc (
)
'garden egg noun [C, U] (WAfrE) a type of aubergine/ eggplant with purple, white or greenish-yellow
skin
mm mxmw.
gardenia /gai'diihia; NAmE ga:r'd-/ noun a bush
with shiny leaves and large white or yellow flowers with a sweet smell, also
called gardenias HA 'gardening leave noun [u] (BrE) a period during which sb does not
work but remains employed by a company in order to prevent them working for
another company
mziiu (
. —) : She handed in her resignation and was put on three months’ gardening
leave.
the .Garden of
&A£®mf)
'garden-variety adj. [only before noun] (NAmE) = common or garden at common adj.: He is not one of your garden-variety criminals.
gargan tuan /gai'gaentjuan; NAmE gair'g-/ adj. [usually before noun]
extremely large g A £KJ ; fM A ttfj HT7I enormous : a gargantuan
appetite/meal #;
A^lftA*
gargle /'ga:gl;
NAmE ‘gairgl/ verb, noun a verb [V] ~ (with sth) to wash inside your mouth
and throat by moving a liquid around at the back of your throat and then spitting it out a noun 1 [C,
U] a liquid used for gargling ( )
M,'M: an
antiseptic gargle 2 [sing.] an act of gargling
or a sound like that
made when gargling P ;
ftM?*: to have a gargle with salt water gargoyle /‘gargoil;
NAmE 'gairg-/ noun an ugly figure of a person or an animal
that is made of stone and through which water is carried away from the roof of
a building, especially a church (
) m&m,
garibaldi /.gaeri'boildi;
-'baeldi/ (also gari.baldi biscuit) noun {BrE) a flat dry biscuit/cookie containing CURRANTS
garish /'gearif;
NAmE 'geriJV adj. very brightly coloured in an unpleasant way f£r g 6*J
gaudy: garish clothes/colours ; iiA
ffeM (ft & m ► gar-ish-ly adv.: garishly decoratedAit/
painted
garland /'garland; NAmE'gairl-/ noun,
verb a noun a
circle of flowers and leaves that is worn on the head or around the neck or is
hung in a room as decoration JEM;
a verb [VN] [usually passive] (literary) to decorate sb/sth with a garland or garlands % -■ ■
MVcJfc (. $ttt
±fcM )
garlic /'garlik; NAmE 'garrlik/
noun [U] a vegetable of the onion family
with a very strong taste and smell, used in cooking to give flavour to food M;
A^: a clove of garlic (= one
section of it) — If m
—picture o page Ri8 ► garlicky adj.: garlicky breath/food ^AH^W A
.garlic 'bread noun [U]
bread, usually in the shape of a stick, containing melted butter and garlic garment/'garment; NAmE 'garrm-/ noun (formal) a piece
of clothing ( — ft ) ^Ix: a strange
shapeless garment that had once been a jacket
A IK 0 woollen/winter/outer garments A;
A; A ^;
ft A — see also undergarment o note at clothes garner /'garna(r);
NAmE 'garrn-/ verb [VN] (formal) to obtain or collect sth such as information, support, etc.
mn, mm, a## > am gather,
ACQUIRE
garnet /'garmt;
NAmE 'garrn-/ noun a clear
dark red semi-precious stone that
is fairly valuable A® AA garnish /'garmj; NAmE 'garrmf/ verb, noun
•
verb [VN] ~ sth
(with sth) to decorate a dish of food with
a small amount of
another food ( ) A ( ) jjp
mm, »HA
•
noun [C, U] a small
amount of food that is used to decorate a larger dish of food (
garotte (BrE) = garrotte
garret /'gaerat/
noun a room, often a small dark unpleasant one,
at the top of a house, especially in the roof &]$!; — compare attic —
see also loft
n.(l\
garrison /'gaerisn/
noun, verb
a noun [C+sing./pl.
v ] a group of soldiers living in a town or fort to defend it; the buildings these soldiers live in MSlftA;
A&lW; MK; a garrison of
5 000 troops ft 5
000 0 a garrison town
10 Half the garrison is/are on duty.
JZj&nlS
•
verb [VN]
to put soldiers in a place in order to defend it from attack ; it ( A ) SA: Two regiments were sent to garrison the town. M AWA@39AAAlPAMfSo 0 100 soldiers were
garrisoned in the town. $cT 100 g,±
garrotte (BrE also gar-otte) (US also gar-rote) /ga'rnt;
NAmE ge'rait/ verb, noun
•
verb [VN]
to kill sb by putting a piece of wire, etc.
around their
neck and pulling it tight ( #] ) Wl
n,
•
noun a piece of wire,
etc. used for garrotting sb #jA§t
(mm**);
garrulous /'gaeralas;
BrE also -rjul-/ adj. talking
a lot, especially about unimportant things ( A )
IHmtalkative ► gar-rul- ous-ly adv.
garter /’ga:ta(r);
NAmE ‘ga:rt-/ noun 1 a
band, usually made of elastic,
that is worn around the leg to keep up a sock or stocking ( ) HWI
2 (NAmE)
= suspender(I) 1TOTCI see gut n.
‘garter belt noun (NAmE) = suspender belt 'garter snake noun a
harmless American snake with coloured lines along its back fcM )
gas
0"w /gaes/ noun, verb
•
noun (pi. gases
or less frequent gas-ses)
►
NOT SOLID/LIQUID ^ 1 [C, U] any
substance
like air that is
neither a solid nor a liquid, for example hydrogen and oxygen are
both gases H W: Air is a mixture of gases. O CFC gases
&AW 0 a gas bottle/cylinder (= for
storing gas) HM, /
— see also greenhouse
gas 2 [U] a particular type of gas or mixture of gases used as
fuel for heating and cooking a gas cooker/fire/
fumace/oven/ring/stove ^ ^ H M H H; MH
®‘P-, m.H&ft-, ‘%H‘P o a gas
explosion/leak ^ ^ itt o gas central
heating o (BrE) Preheat the oven to
gas
mark 5 (= a
particular temperature of a gas oven). JE 5So — see also Calor gas, coal gas, natural gas 3 [u]
a particular type of gas used during a medical operation, to make the patient
sleep or to make the pain less ( H: an anaesthetic gas o During the birth she was given gas
and air. M # j$j
H J ^ M 'o H W . — see also laughing gas 4 [u] a particular type of
gas used in war to kill or injure people, or used by the police to control
people ( ) iH; ( a gas attack
— see also CS gas,
nerve gas, tear gas
►
IN VEHICLE 5 [U] (NAmE) = PETROL: a gas station
jjq i^oa gas pump JlP ( H ) Aft M 0 to fill up the gas tank tfl rft ft 6 the gas [sing.] (especially NAmE) = gas pedal : Step on the gas, we’re late, jjq A
H, ^
jMSJTo
►
FUN 7 [sing.] (especially NAmE) a person or an event
that is fun A ( )
: The party was a real
gas.
IN STOMACH Pf 8 [U]
(NAmE) = WINDJ(2) r»m see cook v.