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  • 61cold — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 of or at a low or relatively low temperature, esp. when compared with the human body. 2 not heated; cooled after being heated. 3 (of a person) feeling cold. 4 lacking ardour, friendliness, or affection; undemonstrative,… …

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  • 62turkey — /ˈtɜki / (say terkee) noun (plural turkeys, turkey) 1. a large gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, especially Meleagris gallopava, of America, which is domesticated in most parts of the world. 2. an Australian native bird judged to be… …

  • 63turkey — tur|key [ˈtə:ki US ˈtə:rki] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Turkey; because the bird looked like the guinea fowl, which was brought into Europe through Turkey] 1.) a bird that looks like a large chicken and is often eaten at Christmas and at… …

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  • 64turkey */ — UK [ˈtɜː(r)kɪ] / US [ˈtɜrkɪ] noun Word forms turkey : singular turkey plural turkeys 1) a) [countable] a large bird similar to a chicken that has no feathers on its head and is often eaten at Christmas and Thanksgiving. The sound that turkeys… …

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  • 65turkey — noun 1 (C) a bird that looks like a large chicken and is often eaten at Christmas and at Thanksgiving 2 (U) the meat from a turkey eaten as food: roast turkey 3 (C) AmE informal someone who is silly or stupid: That guy s a real turkey. 4 AmE… …

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  • 66turkey — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)ki[/t]] turkeys N COUNT A turkey is a large bird that is kept on a farm for its meat. → See also cold turkey N UNCOUNT Turkey is the flesh of this bird eaten as food. It s a proper Christmas dinner, with turkey and bread sauce …

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  • 67Turkey — Tur|key [ tə:ki] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. (cold) turkey »(kalter) Truthahn(aufschnitt)«, weitere Herkunft ungeklärt> (Jargon) durch Entzugserscheinungen gekennzeichneter körperlicher Zustand (Zittern usw.) von Drogenabhängigen, der… …

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  • 68Cold Spring Harbor State Park — has 40 acres (160,000 m2) of hilly land, offering scenic views of Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA on the north shore of Long Island. This state park is in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County. The park offers hiking, birdwatching,… …

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  • 69TURKEY — TURKEY, modern republic in Asia Minor and S.E. Europe (see ottoman empire for previous period). In the peace treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923), Turkey established complete sovereignty in Anatolia, the southeastern part of Thrace, and some… …

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  • 70Cold formed steel — (CFS) is the common term for products made by rolling or pressing thin gauges of sheet steel into goods. Cold formed steel goods are created by the working of sheet steel using stamping, rolling, or presses to deform the sheet into a usable… …

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