| Main Entry: | mud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wet dirt |
Synonyms: |
clay, mire, muck, ooze, silt, slab, sludge, slush |
| Main Entry: | cement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gluing, binding material |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, binder, birdlime, bond, concrete, epoxy, glue, grout, gum, gunk, lime, lute, mortar, mucilage, mud, paste, plaster, putty, rubber cement, sand, sealant, size, solder, stickum, tar |
| Notes: | cement comes from Latin caementum 'chips of stone'; cement is an ingredient of concrete, but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-MENT |
| Main Entry: | clay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | workable earth material |
Synonyms: |
adobe, argil, argillaceous earth, bole, brick, china material, clunch, earth, kaolin, loam, loess, marl, mud, porcelain material, pottery, slip, terra cotta, till, wacke |
| Main Entry: | coffee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hot beverage made from beans of a tree |
Synonyms: |
battery acid, brew, caffeine, café, café au lait, café noir, cappuccino, decaf, decoction, demitasse, espresso, forty weight, hot stuff, ink, jamocha, java, joe, mocha, mud, perk*, varnish remover |
| Main Entry: | defamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | libel, slander |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, black eye, calumny, character assassination, cheap shot, denigration, depreciation, detraction, dirt, dirty laundry, disparagement, dump*, dynamite, hit, knock, lie, low-down dirty, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, scorcher, slam*, slap in face, slime, slur, smear, tale, traducement, vilification |
Antonyms: |
approval, commendation, compliment, exaltation, praise |
| Main Entry: | dirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grime, impurity |
Synonyms: |
crud, dreck, dregs, excrement, feculence, filth, filthiness, gook, ground, gunk, mire, muck, mud, rottenness, scuz, sleaze, slime, smudge, smut, soil, stain, tarnish |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, pureness, purity, sterility |
| Main Entry: | earth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ground, soil |
Synonyms: |
alluvium, clay, clod, coast, compost, deposit, dirt, dry land, dust, fill, glebe, gravel, humus, land, loam, marl, mold, muck, mud, peat moss, sand, shore, sod, subsoil, surface, terra firma, terrain, terrane, topsoil, turf |
| Main Entry: | filth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirt, pollution |
Synonyms: |
carrion, contamination, corruption, crud, defilement, dregs, dung, excrement, feces, feculence, filthiness, foul matter, foulness, garbage, grime, impurity, manure, mire, muck, mud, nastiness, ordure, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, refuse, rottenness, sediment, sewage, silt, sleaze, slime, slop, sludge, slush, smut, trash, uncleanness |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, purity, sterility |
| Main Entry: | mire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, morass |
Synonyms: |
bog, dirt, fen, glop, goo, gunk, marsh, moss, mud, ooze*, quagmire, quicksand, slime, swamp |
| Main Entry: | ooze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid emitted |
Synonyms: |
alluvium, fluid, glop, goo, gook, gunk, mire, muck, mud, silt, slime, sludge |