MACE

Meaning of MACE in English

(LIQUID) [noun] [U] [trademark] - a chemical in a container which, when sprayed into a person's face, causes their eyes to sting and become full of tearsEven though it's illegal in Britain, some women carry Mace with them at all times, in case they're attacked.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

MACE — I. ˈmās noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin mattia; akin to Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MACE — (n.) An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
Английский словарь Webster
MACE — ( n. ) An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MACE — /mays/ , Trademark. a nonlethal spray containing purified tear gas and chemical solvents that temporarily incapacitate a person mainly by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MACE — mace 1 /mays/ , n. 1. a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MACE — I. ˈmās noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old French mascie, macis, from Medieval Latin macis Date: 13th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MACE — noun an officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority. 2. mace ·noun a knobbed mallet used by …
Webster English vocab
MACE — [mace] n [ME, fr. MF macis, fr. L macir, an East Indian spice, fr. Gk makir] (13c): an aromatic spice …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MACE — spice consisting of the dried aril, or lacy covering, of the nutmeg fruit of Myristica fragrans, a tropical evergreen tree. …
Britannica English vocabulary
MACE — mace, Mace BrE AmE meɪs ▷ Maced meɪst ▷ maces, Maces ˈmeɪs ɪz -əz ▷ Macing ˈmeɪs ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MACE — ™ / meɪs; NAmE / noun [ U ] a chemical that makes your eyes and skin sting, that some …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MACE — Mace BrE AmE noun [uncountable] trademark a chemical which makes your eyes and skin sting painfully. Police officers sometimes carry …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MACE — mace /meɪs/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1: Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: French ; Origin: macis , from Latin macir …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MACE — n. 1 a staff of office, esp. the symbol of the Speaker's authority in the House of Commons. 2 hist. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MACE — n. 1 a staff of office, esp. the symbol of the Speaker's authority in the House of Commons. 2 hist. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MACE — 1. n.1 a staff of office, esp. the symbol of the Speaker's authority in the House of Commons. 2 hist. …
Oxford English vocab
MACE — ( maces) 1. A mace is an ornamental stick carried by an official or placed somewhere as a symbol of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MACE — (~s) 1. A ~ is an ornamental stick carried by an official or placed somewhere as a symbol of authority. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MACE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Another was knocked down and, while half conscious and thoroughly subdued, was sprayed in the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MACE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Fresh Thuringer is similarly composed but is seasoned with caraway, celery seed, coriander, ginger, and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MACE — (ROD) [noun] [C] - a decorated rod, which is carried by or put in front of particular public officials, as …
Cambridge English vocab
MACE — I. mace noun Synonyms: cudgel , bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, club, knobkerrie, nightstick, ||shillelagh II. ||mace noun Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MACE — 1.(the Mace) булава (символ власти спикера (Speaker) 1) палаты общин; на заседаниях, проходящих под председательством спикера, лежит на парламентском столе …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
MACE — I сущ. 1) (символ власти, почетного положения) а) ист. булава (в Турции, Польше, на Украине) б) жезл ceremonial mace ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MACE — I сущ. 1) ( символ власти, почетного положения ) а) ист. булава ( в Турции, Польше, на Украине ) б) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MACE — I сущ. 1) (символ власти, почетного положения) а) ист. булава (в Турции, Польше, на Украине) б) жезл ceremonial mace — церемониальный жезл Syn: rod, wand 2) ист. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MACE — "Мейс" Товарный знак слезоточивого газа, применяемого для самообороны, а также полицейскими против участников уличных беспорядков. Вызывает головокружение, потерю двигательных функций и …
MACE — "Мейс" Товарный знак слезоточивого газа, применяемого для самообороны, а также полицейскими против участников уличных беспорядков. Вызывает головокружение, потерю двигательных функций …
MACE — 1. (the Mace) булава (символ власти спикера [Speaker 1)] палаты общин; на заседаниях, проходящих под председательством спикера, лежит на парламентском столе …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
MACE — I сущ. 1) (символ власти, почетного положения) а) ист. булава (в Турции, Польше, на Украине) б) жезл ceremonial mace ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MACE — mazza
English interlingue dictionary
MACE — trademark — used for a temporarily disabling liquid usually used as a spray
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MACE — ˈmās trademark — used for a temporarily disabling liquid that when sprayed in the face of a person (as a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MACE — (n.) A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.
Английский словарь Webster
MACE — (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
Английский словарь Webster
MACE — (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.
Английский словарь Webster
MACE — (n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general …
Английский словарь Webster
MACE — (n.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.
Английский словарь Webster
MACE — (n.) A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.
Английский словарь Webster
MACE — ( n. ) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MACE — ( n. ) A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MACE — ( n. ) A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MACE — ( n. ) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MACE — ( n. ) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MACE — ( n. ) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MACE — n. spiked club used as a weapon; spice ground from the outer shell of the nutmeg
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MACE — trademark — used for a temporarily disabling liquid usually used as a spray
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MACE — n. Function: transitive verb Inflected Form: maced ; mac · ing Date: 1968 : to attack with the liquid Mace
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MACE — n. Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *mattia; akin to Latin mateola mallet Date: 14th century …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MACE — n. Pronunciation: ' m ā s Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old French mascie, macis, from Medieval …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MACE — n. Pronunciation: ' m ā s Function: trademark ― used for a temporarily disabling liquid usually used as a spray
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MACE — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 historical a heavy club with a metal head and spikes. 2》 a staff of office, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MACE — ■ noun trademark an irritant chemical used in an aerosol to disable attackers.
Concise Oxford English vocab
MACE — / meɪs; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a decorative stick, carried as a sign of authority by an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MACE — n. the dried outer covering of the nutmeg, used as a spice. [ME macis (taken as pl.) f. OF macis …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MACE — n. the dried outer covering of the nutmeg, used as a spice. [ ME macis (taken as pl.) f. OF …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MACE — Synonyms and related words : armory, badge, badge of office, badges, bastinado, bat, baton, battering ram, billy, billy club, blackjack, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MACE — n. Function: verb Synonyms: CHEAT , beat, bilk, chisel, cozen, diddle, do, ||duff, gyp, overreach
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MACE — n. Function: noun Synonyms: SWINDLER , cheat, chiaus, con man, diddler, flimflammer, ||grifter, gyp, mountebank, sharpie
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MACE — n. Function: noun Synonyms: CUDGEL , bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, club, knobkerrie, nightstick, ||shillelagh
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MACE — n. 1. Metal club. 2. Truncheon, staff, bâton .
Dictionary of English Synonyms
MACE — n. 25B6; noun CLUB, cudgel, stick, staff, shillelagh, bludgeon, truncheon; Brit. life preserver; N. Amer. nightstick, billy, billy club, blackjack; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MACE — A concurrent object-oriented language.
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
MACE — n [ sing ] a rod decorated with silver and gold, kept in the British House of Commons as a …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary

Cambridge English vocab

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