PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION

Meaning of PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION in English

a live radio show in the US, with an audience of around 4 million who listen each week. It is recorded at the Fitzgerald Theater in St Paul, Minnesota and presented by Garrison Keillor . The show includes music and comedy, and stories by Garrison Keillor about the people of the imaginary small town of Lake Wobegon.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005

PRAIRIE — [F] n prairie
Interlingua English vocab
COMPANION — n companion (1. associate, fellow; 2. anything that matches or goes with another in kind, size, etc.); companion de armas …
Interlingua English vocab
PRAIRIE — prería
English interlingue dictionary
PRAIRIE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Old French praierie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin pratum meadow Date: circa …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRAIRIE — I Level or rolling grassland, especially that found in central North America. Decreasing amounts of rainfall, from 40 in. (100 …
Английский словарь Британика
HOME — I. ˈhōm, dial with vowel ˈə or a vowel approaching it noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hoom, hom, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPANION
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRAIRIE — ˈprerē, -ri also ˈpra(a)r- or ˈprār-, chiefly substand pəˈr- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRAIRIE — (n.) A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow.
Английский словарь Webster
PRAIRIE — (n.) An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by …
Английский словарь Webster
COMPANION — (n.) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.
Английский словарь Webster
PRAIRIE — ( n. ) An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRAIRIE — ( n. ) A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPANION — ( n. ) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRAIRIE — — prairielike , adj. /prair"ee/ , n. 1. an extensive, level or slightly undulating, mostly treeless tract of land in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOME — /hohm/ , n., adj., adv., v., homed, homing . n. 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMPANION — companion 1 — companionless , adj. /keuhm pan"yeuhn/ , n. 1. a person who is frequently in the company of, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOME — I. ˈhōm noun Etymology: Middle English hom, from Old English hām village, home; akin to Old High German heim home, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRAIRIE — noun a meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow. 2. prairie ·noun an extensive tract of …
Webster English vocab
HOME — adv close; closely. 2. home ·noun ·see homelyn. 3. home ·noun the home base; he started for home. 4. home …
Webster English vocab
COMPANION — noun a fellow; in contempt. 2. companion ·vt to qualify as a companion; to make equal. 3. companion ·noun …
Webster English vocab
HOME — [home] n [ME hom, fr. OE ham village, home; akin to OHG heim home] (bef. 12c) 1 a: one's place …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COMPANION
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRAIRIE — level or rolling grassland, especially that found in central North America. Decreasing amounts of rainfall, from 100 cm (about 40 …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRAIRIE — prairie BrE AmE ˈpreər i AmE \ ˈprer i ▷ prairie|s z ▶ ˈ prairie dog BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOME — home BrE AmE həʊm AmE hoʊm ▷ homed həʊmd AmE hoʊmd ▷ homes həʊmz AmE hoʊmz ▷ homing ˈhəʊm ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMPANION — companion BrE AmE kəm ˈpæn jən § \ ( ˌ ) kɒm-, -ˈpæn i‿ən ▷ companion|able əb ə l ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOME — / həʊm; NAmE hoʊm/ noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun HOUSE, etc. 1. [ C , U …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPANION — / kəmˈpæniən; NAmE / noun 1. a person or an animal that travels with you or spends a lot of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOME — I. home 1 S1 W1 /həʊm $ hoʊm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ homeless , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMPANION — com ‧ pan ‧ ion /kəmˈpænjən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: compagnon …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRAIRIE — n. a large area of usu. treeless grassland esp. in N. America. øprairie chicken (or hen) a N. American grouse, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMPANION — n. Naut. 1 a raised frame on a quarterdeck used for lighting the cabins etc. below. 2 = companion-way. øcompanion-hatch …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMPANION — n. & v. --n. 1 a (often foll. by in, of) a person who accompanies, associates with, or shares with, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRAIRIE — n. a large area of usu. treeless grassland esp. in n. America. prairie chicken (or hen) a n. American grouse, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMPANION — n. Naut. 1 a raised frame on a quarterdeck used for lighting the cabins etc. below. 2 = companion-way. companion-hatch …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMPANION — n. & v. n. 1 a (often foll. by in, of) a person who accompanies, associates with, or shares with, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRAIRIE — n. a large area of usu. treeless grassland esp. in N. America. Phrases and idioms: prairie chicken (or hen) a …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1. a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Oxford English vocab
COMPANION — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a (often foll. by in, of) a person who accompanies, associates with, or shares …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — I. NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES /hoʊm/ ( homes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRAIRIE — ( prairies) A prairie is a large area of flat, grassy land in North America. Prairies have very few trees. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMPANION — ( companions) A companion is someone who you spend time with or who you are travelling with. Fred had been …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRAIRIE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES prairie dog EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A whole succession of prairie branches was built to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a home birth (= when a woman gives birth at home, not in a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMPANION
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRAIRIE — [noun] - a wide area of flat land without trees in Canada and the northern US which was originally covered …
Cambridge English vocab
PRAIRIE — n. prairie chicken prairie dog Prairie school
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PRAIRIE — n. Level or rolling grassland, especially that found in central North America. Decreasing amounts of rainfall, from 40 in. (100 …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HOME — Synonyms and related words : Heaven, Paradise, VA hospital, Vaterland, a better place, abode, accessible, adept in, afterlife, afterworld, almshouse, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMPANION
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or …
Slang English vocab
PRAIRIE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high ▪ open , rolling , vast , wide ▪ northern , western , etc. ▪ native …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOME — INDEX: 1. where someone lives 2. to be in your home 3. happening or doing something in someone’s home 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — See ↑ COME FROM 2, ↑ HOME 1,4,5, ↑ HOUSE 3, ↑ TOWN 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ at home • …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — n. 25B6; noun they fled their homes : RESIDENCE, place of residence, house, flat, apartment, bungalow, cottage; accommodation, property, quarters, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMPANION — n. 25B6; noun Harry and his companion : ASSOCIATE, partner, escort, compatriot, confederate; friend, intimate, confidant(e), comrade; informal pal, chum, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRAIRIE — A tract of level to hilly land that has a dominance of grasses and forbs, has a scarcity of shrubs, …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
HOME — n. 1 dwelling-place, residence, domicile, abode, dwelling, house, (living) quarters, habitation, lodging(s), Brit accommodation or US accommodations, Colloq place, Chiefly …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOME — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or …
Словарь английских идиом
HOME — noun 1 BAD : As soon as I arrived at home, I knew that something was wrong. GOOD : As …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PRAIRIE — сущ. 1) прерия, степь, саванна Syn : plain, steppe 2) амер. диал. болото прерия, степь - P.State штат Прерий (Иллинойс) …
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