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noun • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | ||||||||
| 27% | 4 | Poetic word for the ocean; a bubbly frothy mass such as soap suds or the spindrift, spray, spume or surf of a wave; or, figurative fury | ||||||
noun • a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid • a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture verb • become bubbly or frothy or foaming | ||||||||
| 27% | 5 | From the Latin for “collect, gather together”, a word for spirals, helices or twists, such as those observed in incense, ropes, snakes, springs or wires; or, figurative entanglements, hubbubs, perplexities or stirs | ||||||
noun • a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops • a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) • a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine • a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb • tubing that is wound in a spiral • reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit verb • to wind or move in a spiral course • make without a potter's wheel • wind around something in coils or loops | ||||||||
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TROPE which was last seen in the The Guardian Speedy crossword.
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TROPE
Updated: October 15, 2023
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