IVORY-TOWERED

Meaning of IVORY-TOWERED in English

[ivo.ry-tow.ered] adj (1937): divorced from reality and practical matters "an ~ recluse"

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IVORY-TOWERED — adjective Date: 1937 divorced from reality and practical matters
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
IVORY-TOWERED — | ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : divorced from reality and practical matters : living in or surrounded by an ivory tower : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IVORY-TOWERED — adjective Date: 1937 : divorced from reality and practical matters an ivory-towered recluse
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IVORY-TOWERED — Pronunciation: - ' tau ̇ (- ə )rd Function: adjective Date: 1937 : divorced from reality and practical matters <an …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
IVORY-TOWERED — Function: adjective Synonyms: IMPRACTICAL 1, ivory-tower, ivory-towerish, nonrealistic, unpractical, unrealistic, viewy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
IVORY-TOWERED — adjective Synonyms: impractical 1, ivory-tower, ivory-towerish, nonrealistic, unpractical, unrealistic, viewy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOWERED — adjective see: tower
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
IVORY — I Hard white substance, a variety of dentin, that makes up the tusks of such animals as walruses , and …
Английский словарь Британика
IVORY — I. ˈīv(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ; see senses 3, 4 ) Etymology: Middle English ivor, ivorie, from Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOWERED — adjective Etymology: Middle English toured, from tour tower + -ed — more at tower : having a tower : adorned …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOWERED — (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.
Английский словарь Webster
TOWERED — (imp. & p. p.) of Tower
Английский словарь Webster
TOWERED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Tower
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWERED — ( a. ) Adorned or defended by towers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
IVORY — — ivorylike , adj. /uy"veuh ree, uy"vree/ , n. , pl. ivories , adj. n. 1. the hard white substance, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IVORY — adj. of or like ivory, made of ivory; creamy white
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TOWERED — see tower I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IVORY — noun ( plural -ries ) Etymology: Middle English ivorie, from Anglo-French ivoire, ivurie, from Latin eboreus of ivory, from ebor-, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOWERED — adj adorned or defended by towers. 2. towered ·impf & ·p.p. of tower.
Webster English vocab
IVORY — noun any carving executed in ivory. 2. ivory ·noun teeth; as, to show one's ivories. 3. ivory ·noun the tusks …
Webster English vocab
IVORY — [ivo.ry] n, pl -ries [ME ivorie, fr. OF ivoire, fr. L eboreus of ivory, fr. ebor-, ebur ivory, fr. Egypt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IVORY — variety of dentin of which the tusk of the elephant is composed, prized for its beauty, durability, and suitability for …
Britannica English vocabulary
IVORY — ivor|y, Ivor|y BrE AmE ˈaɪv ə r‿|i ▷ ivor|ies, \~y's iz ▶ ˌ Ivory ˈ Coast BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
IVORY — / ˈaɪvəri; NAmE / ( pl. -ies ) noun 1. [ U ] a hard yellowish-white substance like bone that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IVORY — i ‧ vo ‧ ry /ˈaɪv ə ri/ BrE AmE noun ( plural ivories ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IVORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
IVORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
IVORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, …
Oxford English vocab
IVORY — 1. Ivory is a hard cream-coloured substance which forms the tusks of elephants. It is valuable and can be used …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IVORY — 1. Ivory is a hard cream-coloured substance which forms the tusks of elephants. It is valuable and can be used …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
IVORY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ivory tower ▪ an academic in an ivory tower COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN tower …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IVORY — [noun] [U] - the hard white substance from which the tusks of some animals such as elephants are madeintricately carved …
Cambridge English vocab
IVORY — n. Ivory Coast ivory carving Ivory James Francis ivory billed woodpecker
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
IVORY — n. Hard white substance, a variety of dentin, that makes up the tusks of such animals as elephants , walruses …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
IVORY — n. ivory tower ivory towered ivory towerish
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
IVORY — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ carved , polished ▪ raw ▪ the export and import of raw ~ ▪ illegal ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
IVORY — The word translated "ivory" literally signifies the "tooth" of any animal, and hence more especially denotes the substance of the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
TOWERED — имеющий башни; защищенный башнями
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOWERED — towered.ogg ʹtaʋəd a имеющий башни; защищённый башнями
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IVORY — ivory.ogg 1. ʹaıv(ə)rı n 1. слоновая кость fossil ivory - мамонтовая кость 2. имитация слоновой кости 3. бивни, клык 4. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TOWERED — (n) имеющий башни
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TOWERED — (a) защищенный башнями
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TOWERED — a имеющий башни; защищённый башнями
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TOWERED — a имеющий башни; защищённый башнями
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IVORY — 1. ʹaıv(ə)rı n 1. слоновая кость fossil ivory - мамонтовая кость 2. имитация слоновой кости 3. бивни, клык 4. цвет …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IVORY — 1) дентин бивней некоторых млекопитающих и зубов аллигаторов 2) бивень, клык • - elephant ivory - pink ivory
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
IVORY — 1) дентин бивней некоторых млекопитающих и зубов аллигаторов 2) бивень, клык • - elephant ivory - pink ivory
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
IVORY — _n. 1> слоновая кость; fossil ivory - мамонтовая кость 2> _pl. _собир. предметы из слоновой кости: игральные кости, бильярдные шары, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
IVORY — n. 1. слоновая кость; fossil ivory - мамонтовая кость 2. pl. собир. предметы из слоновой кости: игральные кости, бильярдные шары, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
IVORY — _n. 1> слоновая кость; fossil ivory мамонтовая кость 2> _pl. _разг. предметы из слоновой кости: игральные кости, бильярдные шары, клавиши …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
IVORY — "Айвори" Товарный знак популярного туалетного мыла и шампуней производства компании "Проктер энд Гэмбл" [Procter and Gamble Co.]. Среди рекламных лозунгов: "Всегда …
TOWERED — имеющий башни; защищенный башнями
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARTS — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The "classical" literatures …
Английский словарь Британика
RHODES, COLOSSUS OF — Enormous bronze statue of the sun god Helios that towered more than 100 ft (30 m) over the harbour at …
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RED SQUARE — Open square, central Moscow . It lies north of the Moskva River and covers almost 800,000 sq ft (73,000 sq …
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WIMPLE — I. ˈwimpəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wimpel, from Old English; akin to Old Saxon wimpal veil, banner, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WALLOW — I. ˈwä](ˌ)lō, ]lə also ˈwȯ]; ]ləw or ]lō+V\ verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English walwen, walowen, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOWER — I. ˈtau̇(ə)r, ˈtau̇ə, esp in southern United States ˈtau̇wə(r noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tour, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAMBODIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped blue-red-blue national flag featuring, in white, the main building of Angkor Wat, an ancient temple complex. The flag's …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOWER OVER / ABOVE SB/STH — 1. to be much higher or taller than the people or things that are near : The cliffs towered above …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOWER — ( towers, towering, towered) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A tower …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOWER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a church tower ▪ I looked at the clock on the church tower. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TALL — INDEX: 1. words for describing someone who is tall 2. how tall someone is 3. to be much taller than …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOWER — n. 25B6; noun a church tower : STEEPLE, spire; minaret; turret; bell tower, belfry, campanile. See list. 25B6; verb snow-capped …
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