BIG HOUSE

Meaning of BIG HOUSE in English

The main dwelling of the laird on an estate. By contrast, a boorach is a small humble house.

Scottish slang English vocabulary. Английский словарь шотландского сленга. 2012

BIG HOUSE — noun Usage: often capitalized B&H Date: 1913 penitentiary
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BIG HOUSE — noun Usage: often capitalized B&H 1. : the outstanding residence of a locality ; especially : the seat of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIG HOUSE — Slang. a penitentiary (usually prec. by the ). [ 1815-25 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIG HOUSE — large home; jail, prison (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BIG HOUSE — Usage: often capitalized B&H Date: 1913 slang : penitentiary
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIG HOUSE — Function: noun Usage: often cap B&H Date: 1913 slang : PENITENTIARY
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BIG HOUSE — [big house] n, often cap B&H (1916) slang: penitentiary
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIG HOUSE — {n.} A large jail or prison. * /The rapist will spend many years in the big house./
Slang English vocab
BIG HOUSE — Jail
Slang English vocab
BIG HOUSE — Function: noun Synonyms: JAIL , ||can, ||clink, ||hoosegow, jug, lockup, pen, penitentiary, prison, reformatory
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BIG HOUSE — noun Synonyms: jail , ||can, ||clink, ||hoosegow, jug, lockup, pen, penitentiary, prison, reformatory
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIG HOUSE — {n.} A large jail or prison. * /The rapist will spend many years in the big house./
Словарь английских идиом
BIG HOUSE — n. A large jail or prison. The rapist will spend many years in the big house.
American Idioms English vocabulary
BIG HOUSE — (американизм) (сленг) исправительная тюрьма
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIG HOUSE — Замок
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BIG HOUSE — амер. сл. исправительная тюрьма
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BIG HOUSE — обык. the big house ( особ. федеральная ) исправительная тюрьма ( название от награжденного в 1930-ом году премией Оскара фильма …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BIG HOUSE — амер. сл. исправительная тюрьма
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BIG HOUSE — амер. сл. исправительная тюрьма
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BIG HOUSE — амер. ; сл. , обык. the big house ( особ. федеральная ) исправительная тюрьма ( название от награжденного в 1930-ом …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BIG HOUSE — амер.; сл., обык. the big house (особ. федеральная) исправительная тюрьма (название от награжденного в 1930-ом году премией Оскара фильма с Wallace'ом …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BIG HOUSE — обык. the big house (особ. федеральная) исправительная тюрьма (название от награжденного в 1930-ом году премией Оскара фильма с Wallace' ом Beery в …
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BIG HOUSE — тюрьма
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
BIG HOUSE — тюрьма
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
BIG HOUSE — (американизм) (сленг) исправительная тюрьма
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HOUSE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Appomattox Court House Babenberg House of Bourbon House of Burgesses House of Commons House …
Английский словарь Британика
BIG — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) big bang Big Bend National Park Big Ben Big Bertha Big Cypress Swamp Big …
Английский словарь Британика
HOUSE — I. ˈhau̇s; sing. possessive -au̇sə̇z, -au̇zə̇z noun ( plural hous·es -au̇zə̇z chiefly substand -au̇sə̇z) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIG — I. ˈbig adjective ( bigger ; biggest ) Etymology: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect bugge …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOUSE — n. , adj. /hows/ ; v. /howz/ , n. , pl. houses /how"ziz/ , v. , housed, housing , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIG — big 1 — biggish , adj. — bigly , adv. /big/ , adj., bigger, biggest , adv. , n. adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIG — I. ˈbig adjective ( big·ger ; big·gest ) Etymology: Middle English, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect bugge …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOUSE — vt to drive to a shelter. 2. house ·noun the grave. 3. house ·noun a public house; an inn; a …
Webster English vocab
BIG — noun ·alt. of bigg. 2. big ·vt ·alt. of bigg. 3. big ·superl having largeness of size; of much bulk …
Webster English vocab
BIG — [big] adj big.ger ; big.gest [ME, perh. of Scand origin; akin to Norw dial. bugge important man] (14c) 1 a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIG — big BrE AmE bɪɡ ▷ bigger ˈbɪɡ ə AmE - ə r ▷ biggest ˈbɪɡ ɪst -əst ▶ ˌ Big …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOUSE — noun , verb ■ noun / haʊs; NAmE / ( pl. houses / ˈhaʊzɪz; NAmE /) BUILDING 1. [ C …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIG — / bɪg; NAmE / adjective , adverb , verb ■ adjective ( big·ger , big·gest ) LARGE 1. large in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOUSE — I. ˈhouse ˌmusic BrE AmE ( also house ) noun [uncountable] a type of popular dance music II. house 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIG — I. big 1 S1 W1 /bɪɡ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative bigger , superlative biggest ) [ Date: 1300-1400 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOUSE — n. & v. --n. (pl.) 1 a a building for human habitation. b (attrib.) (of an animal) kept in, frequenting, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIG — adj. & adv. --adj. (bigger, biggest) 1 a of considerable size, amount, intensity, etc. (a big mistake; a big helping). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOUSE — n. & v. n. (pl.) 1 a a building for human habitation. b (attrib.) (of an animal) kept in, frequenting, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIG — adj. & adv. adj. (bigger, biggest) 1 a of considerable size, amount, intensity, etc. (a big mistake; a big helping). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOUSE — n. & v. --n. (pl.) 1. a a building for human habitation. b (attrib.) (of an animal) kept in, frequenting, …
Oxford English vocab
BIG — adj. & adv. --adj. (bigger, biggest) 1. a of considerable size, amount, intensity, etc. (a big mistake; a big helping). …
Oxford English vocab
HOUSE — Pronounced /haʊs/ for the noun and adjective, and /haʊz/ for the verb. The form 'houses' is pronounced /haʊzɪz/. ( housing, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIG — ( bigger, biggest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A big person …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIG — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a (big) box office draw (= a successful actor who many people will pay …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIG — (IMPORTANT) [adjective] bigger, biggest - important, because of being powerful, influential or having a serious effectHe had a big decision …
Cambridge English vocab
BIG — adj. big bang Big Bend National Park Big Ben Big Bertha Big Cypress Swamp Big Stick Policy Big Sur big …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HOUSE — n. House of Building Appomattox Court House Babenberg House of Bourbon House of Burgesses House of Commons House of house …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HOUSE — Synonyms and related words : Aktiengesellschaft, Dymaxion house, Elizabethan theater, Globe Theatre, Greek theater, White House, abbey, abode, accommodate, adobe …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOUSE — n. bawdy house big house call house crazy house disorderly house eating house fancy house forcing house garden house hash …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BIG — adj. big boy big bug big cheese big chief big gun big house big name big noise big shot big …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BIG — I. big adjective 1. of significant size or scope a big expanse of mud big plans Synonyms: considerable, extensive, hefty, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOUSE — INDEX: 1. different types of house 2. different types of apartment 3. a place for someone to live RELATED WORDS …
Longman Activator English vocab
BIG — INDEX: 1. big objects/buildings/organizations etc 2. very big 3. big places, areas, cities 4. big people 5. large numbers/amounts 6. …
Longman Activator English vocab
BIG — adj. 25B6; adjective a big building : LARGE, sizeable, substantial, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, tremendous, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIG — adj. 1 large, great, grand; huge, enormous, immense, gigantic, giant, tremendous, colossal, Brobdingnagian, jumbo, Colloq Brit socking or whacking big …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOUSE — noun Also written House (Music) (Youth Culture) A style of popular music typically featuring the use of drum machines, sequencers, …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
HOUSE — 1. сущ.; мн. -s 1) дом; жилище; здание to build, put up a house ≈ строить дом to redecorate, refurbish, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIG — большой, крупный - * book большая книга - * game крупная дичь - * repair капитальный ремонт - * gun …
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Scottish Slang English vocabulary

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