| Main Entry: | beige |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | light brown color |
Synonyms: |
biscuit, buff, café au lait, camel, cream, ecru, fawn, khaki, mushroom, neutral, oatmeal, off-white, sand, tan, taupe |
| 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: | dust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny particles in the air |
Synonyms: |
ashes, cinders, dirt, dust bunnies, earth, filth, flakes, fragments, gilings, granules, grime, grit, ground, lint, loess, powder, refuse, sand, smut, soil, soot |
| 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: | grind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sharpen |
Synonyms: |
abrade, file, give an edge to, gnash, grate, grit, polish, rub, sand, scrape, smooth, whet |
| Main Entry: | grit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | particles of dirt |
Synonyms: |
dust, foreign matter, gravel, lumps, pebbles, powder, sand |
| Main Entry: | ground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth, land |
Synonyms: |
arena, dirt, dust, field, landscape, loam, old sod, park, real estate, sand, sod, soil, terra firma, terrain, turf |
Antonyms: |
heavens, sky |
| Main Entry: | guts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nerve, boldness |
Synonyms: |
audacity, backbone*, courage, daring, dauntlessness, effrontery, forcefulness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart*, intestinal fortitude, mettle, moxie*, pluck, resolution, sand*, spine, spirit, spunk*, willpower |
Antonyms: |
cowardice, fear, timidity |
| Main Entry: | rasp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind, rub |
Synonyms: |
abrade, bray, excoriate, file, grate, irk, irritate, jar, pound, raze, rub, sand, scour, scrape, scratch, vex, wear |
| Main Entry: | scour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, polish thoroughly |
Synonyms: |
abrade, brush, buff, burnish, cleanse, flush, furbish, mop, pumice, purge, rub, sand, scrub, wash, whiten |
Antonyms: |
dirty, rust |