(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
An ~ is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
...a genuine ~.
...~ silver jewellery...
N-COUNT: oft N n
(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
An ~ is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
...a genuine ~.
...~ silver jewellery...
N-COUNT: oft N n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012