▸ Specimen Drawer

Qualities & Amounts — Lesson 28

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brownness

ˈbraʊnnəs

An orange of low brightness and saturation — she noticed the brownness of the autumn leaves as they fell.

She noticed the brownness of the autumn leaves as they fell.

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browns

braʊnz

An orange of low brightness and saturation — she mixed the browns and grays together.

The artist used several shades of browns in her landscape painting.

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brunt

brʌnt

Main force of a blow etc — the coastal towns bore the brunt of the storm.

She had to bear the brunt of her parents' criticism.

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brutality

bruːˈtæləti

The trait of extreme cruelty — the war exposed the full brutality of the conflict.

The brutality of the attack shocked the entire community.

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builds

bɪldz

Constitution of the human body — he builds houses for a living.

He builds houses for a living.

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bulk

bʌlk

The main part of something — a bulk order costs less.

The bulk of the work is already done.

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bulks

bʌlks

Be large in size or amount — the problem bulks large in her mind.

The problem bulks large in her mind.

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burnish

ˈbɜːrnɪʃ

The property of being smooth and shiny — the company is working to burnish its reputation after the scandal.

He burnished the copper pot until it gleamed.

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bushel

ˈbʌʃəl

A United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches — one bushel equals about 8 gallons.

The farmer sold a bushel of wheat at the market.

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bushels

ˈbʊʃəlz

A United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches — the farmer harvested several bushels of wheat this year.

The farmer harvested several bushels of wheat this year.

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byte

baɪt

A byte is a unit of digital information that consists of eight bits, typically — each character is stored as one byte.

A kilobyte contains about 1,000 bytes.

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bytes

baɪts

Units of digital information in computing, typically consisting of eight bits — the file is 500 bytes in size.

The file is 500 bytes in size.

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