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Jan 31, 2019
This week’s themeWords that have many unrelated meanings
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gob
skelf
shingle
plenum

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PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun:
1. A assembly in which all members are present.
2. A space in which air or another gas is at pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure.
3. A space filled with matter, as contrasted with vacuum.
4. A space, above the ceiling or below the floor, that serves as a receiving chamber for heated or cooled air.
1. A assembly in which all members are present.
2. A space in which air or another gas is at pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure.
3. A space filled with matter, as contrasted with vacuum.
4. A space, above the ceiling or below the floor, that serves as a receiving chamber for heated or cooled air.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin plenus (full). Earliest documented use: 1674.
USAGE:
“The plenum passed a resolution requiring his resignation and ditched him.”
Frederick Forsyth; Icon; Bantam; 1996.
See more usage examples of plenum in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
Frederick Forsyth; Icon; Bantam; 1996.
See more usage examples of plenum in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
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