GREEK FIRE

Meaning of GREEK FIRE in English

noun Date: 1788 an incendiary composition used in warfare by the Byzantine Greeks that is said to have burst into flame on wetting

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

GREEK FIRE — Any of several flammable mixtures used in ancient and medieval warfare, particularly a petroleum-based mixture invented by the Byzantine Greeks …
Английский словарь Британика
GREEK FIRE — noun Usage: usually capitalized G 1. : an incendiary composition used in warfare by the Byzantine Greeks and said to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GREEK FIRE — 1. an incendiary mixture of unknown composition, used in warfare in medieval times by Byzantine Greeks. 2. any of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREEK FIRE — Date: 1788 : an incendiary composition used in warfare by the Byzantine Greeks that is said to have burst into …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GREEK FIRE — Function: noun Date: 1788 : an incendiary composition used in warfare by the Byzantine Greeks that is said to have …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GREEK FIRE — ■ noun historical a combustible composition first used by the Greeks besieged in Constantinople (673–8), used to set fire to …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GREEK FIRE — [Greek fire] n (ca. 1823): an incendiary composition used in warfare by the Byzantine Greeks that is said to have …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREEK FIRE — any of several flammable compositions that were used in warfare in ancient and medieval times. More specifically the term refers …
Britannica English vocabulary
GREEK FIRE — Any of several flammable mixtures used in ancient and medieval warfare, particularly a petroleum-based mixture invented by the Byzantine Greeks …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GREEK FIRE — Греческий огонь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GREEK — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Greek alphabet Greek Civil War Greek fire {{link=Greek language">Greek language Greek law Greek mythology …
Английский словарь Британика
GREEK — I. ˈgrēk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English Greke, from Old English Grēcas, plural, from Latin Graecus, from Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
GREEK — (n.) Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.
Английский словарь Webster
GREEK — ( n. ) Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GREEK — — Greekdom , n. — Greekish , adj. /greek/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to Greece, the Greeks, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRE — — firer , n. /fuyeur/ , n. , v. , fired, firing . n. 1. a state, process, or instance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREEK — adj. of or pertaining to Greece, of Greek origin
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GREEK — n. Greek language
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIRE — I. ˈfi(-ə)r noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳr; akin to Old High German fiur fire, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GREEK — I. ˈgrēk noun Etymology: Middle English Greke, from Old English Grēca, from Latin Graecus, from Greek Graikos Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GREEK — noun a swindler; a knave; a cheat. 2. greek ·adj of or pertaining to greece or the greeks; grecian. 3. …
Webster English vocab
FIRE — vt to drive by fire. 2. fire ·vt to cauterize. 3. fire ·vi to be irritated or inflamed with passion. …
Webster English vocab
FIRE — [fire] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE fyr; akin to OHG fiur fire, Gk pyr] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREEK — [Greek] n [ME Greke, fr. OE Greca, fr. L Graecus, fr. Gk Graikos] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a native or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREEK — Greek, greek BrE AmE ɡriːk ▷ greeked ˈɡriːk ɪŋ ▷ greeking ˈɡriːk ɪŋ ▷ Greeks, greeks ɡriːks ▶ ˌ Greek …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIRE — fire BrE AmE ˈfa ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈfaɪ‿ ə r ▷ fire|d d ▷ firing ˈfa ɪ ‿ər ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GREEK — / griːk; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a person from modern or ancient Greece 2. [ U ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRE — / ˈfaɪə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun STH BURNING 1. [ U ] the flames, light and heat, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREEK — I. Greek 1 /ɡriːk/ BrE AmE adjective relating to Greece, its people, or its language: Greek yoghurt II. Greek 2 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GREEK — n. & adj. --n. 1 a a native or national of modern Greece; a person of Greek descent. b a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GREEK — n. & adj. n. 1 a a native or national of modern Greece; a person of Greek descent. b a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
GREEK — n. & adj. --n. 1. a a native or national of modern Greece; a person of Greek descent. b a …
Oxford English vocab
FIRE — I. BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM /faɪə(r)/ ( fires, firing, fired) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREEK — ( Greeks) 1. Greek means belonging or relating to Greece. ADJ 2. A Greek is a person who comes from …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREEK — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a French/Greek etc custom ▪ The Spanish custom is to add the mother’s surname after …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb/fire/terrorist etc alert ▪ a full-scale flood alert a devastating flood/fire/earthquake etc ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GREEK — [noun] [U]to speak Greekmodern/ancient GreekThe New Testament of the Bible was written in Greek.(It's) all Greek to me (= I …
Cambridge English vocab
GREEK — n. Greek alphabet Greek Civil War Greek fire Greek Independence War of Greek language Greek law Greek mythology Greek Orthodox …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GREEK — I . a. 1. Of Greece, Grecian, Hellenic. 2. Grecian, classic, classical, after the Greek, in the manner of Greece. …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
GREEK — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ancient , classical ▪ New Testament ▪ modern GREEK + NOUN ▪ alphabet II. adj. Greek …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIRE — INDEX: 1. a fire that damages a building, forest, etc 2. a fire for making you warm, for cooking, or …
Longman Activator English vocab
FIRE — n. 1 flame(s), blaze; conflagration, holocaust, inferno We gathered round the roaring fire 2 feeling, passion, ardour, ardency, fervour, fervency, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, …
Словарь английских идиом
FIRE — (*) 1. The command given to discharge a weapon(s). 2. To detonate the main explosive charge by means of a …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIRE — fire.ogg 1. ʹfaıə n 1. 1> огонь, пламя fire endurance - огнестойкость fire point - тех. температура воспламенения to keep …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIRE — 1) огонь || подвергаться изменениям под действием огня 2) пожар || загораться; воспламенять(ся); поджигать 3) топить 4) отапливать, обогревать 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FIRE — 1) огонь || подвергаться изменениям под действием огня 2) пожар || загораться; воспламенять(ся); поджигать 3) топить 4) отапливать, обогревать 5) обжигать; прокаливать 6) авто зажигать, …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GREEK — Greek сущ.1) грек; гречанка 2) греческий язык 3) говорится о хитром, пронырливом человеке, особ. о том, кто передергивает карты 4) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FIRE — 1. ʹfaıə n 1. 1> огонь, пламя fire endurance - огнестойкость fire point - тех. температура воспламенения to keep up …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FIRE — 1. _n. 1> огонь, пламя; it is too warm for fires - слишком тепло, чтобы топить; to light (to make …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FIRE — 1. n. 1. огонь, пламя; it is too warm for fires - слишком тепло, чтобы топить; to light (to make …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed

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