单词 | growler |
释义 | growler[ grou-ler ] / ˈgraʊ lər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR growler ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person or thing that growls. Informal. a pitcher, pail, or other container brought by a customer for beer. British Slang. a four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage. Electricity. an electromagnetic device consisting of two field poles, used for indicating short-circuited coils in armatures and for magnetizing or demagnetizing objects. an iceberg large enough to be a navigational hazard. Origin of growlerFirst recorded in 1745–55; growl + -er1 Words nearby growlergrowing-equity mortgage, growing pains, growing point, grow into, growl, growler, grow light, growly, grown, grownup, grow on Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for growlerBritish Dictionary definitions for growlergrowler / (ˈɡraʊlə) / nouna person, animal, or thing that growls British slang, obsolete a four-wheeled hansom cab Canadian a small iceberg that has broken off from a larger iceberg or from a glacier, often hazardous to shipping US slang any container, such as a can, for draught beer derogatory, slang a woman, esp one who is considered physically unattractive Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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