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 gangboard gangboard /ˈɡæŋbɔːrd/

noun

  1. A temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside  ( gangboard , gangplank , gangway )
    a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
      The passengers boarded the ship through the gangway, carrying their luggage with them
    The passengers boarded the ship through the gangway, carrying their luggage with them


 concert band concert band /ˈkɑnsɜrt bænd/

noun

  1. A group of musicians playing brass and woodwind and percussion instruments  ( concert band , military band )
    a group of musicians playing brass and woodwind and percussion instruments


 touch-me-not touch-me-not /ˈtʌtʃ miː ˈnɑːt/

noun

  1. Prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled  ( action plant , humble plant , live-and-die , Mimosa pudica , sensitive plant , shame plant , touch-me-not )
    prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
  2. Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched  ( Ecballium elaterium , exploding cucumber , squirting cucumber , touch-me-not )
    Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
  3. North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil  ( celandine , Impatiens capensis , jewelweed , lady's earrings , orange balsam , touch-me-not )
    North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil


 reliquary reliquary /ˈrɛlɪkwɛri/

noun

  1. A container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)  ( reliquary )
    a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
      The church proudly displayed a golden reliquary, which was believed to contain a bone fragment of the saint.
    The church proudly displayed a golden reliquary, which was believed to contain a bone fragment of the saint.


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