CRETA

Meaning of CRETA in English

ˈkrēd.ə noun

( -s )

Etymology: Latin

1. : chalk

2. : fuller's earth

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

CRETA — n chalk (1. soft limestone; 2. piece of chalk or chalklike material for writing or drawing) Creta npr Crete
Interlingua English vocab
CRETA — n. Greek island in the Mediterranean (also Crete)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CRETACEOUS — adjective Etymology: Latin cretaceus resembling chalk, from creta chalk Date: 1832 of, relating to, or being the last period of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CRAYON — I. noun Etymology: French, ~, pencil, from diminutive of craie chalk, from Latin creta Date: 1644 a stick of white …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CRETE — Greek Kríti ancient Creta Island (pop., 2001: 601,159) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and an administrative region of Greece. It …
Английский словарь Британика
CRETAN
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CRETACEOUS — I. krə̇ˈtāshəs adjective Etymology: Latin cretaceus, from creta chalk 1. : relating to, having the characteristics of, or abounding in …
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CRAYON — I. ˈkrāˌän, -āən also ˈkran or -rān noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, crayon, pencil, diminutive of craie chalk, from …
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CRETIFY — ˈkrēd.əˌfī transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Latin creta chalk + English -i- + -fy : to convert into chalk …
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CRETIFICATION — ˌkrēd.əfə̇ˈkāshən, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin creta chalk + English -i- + -fication : the process or an …
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CRETEFACTION — |krēd.ə|fakshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: crete- (from Latin creta chalk) + -faction : cretification
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CRAYON — — crayonist , n. /kray"on, -euhn/ , n. 1. a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRAYON — I. ˈkrā-ˌän, -ən also ˈkran noun Etymology: French, crayon, pencil, from diminutive of craie chalk, from Latin creta Date: 1644 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRETACEOUS — adjective Etymology: Latin cretaceus resembling chalk, from creta chalk Date: 1832 : of, relating to, or being the last period …
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CRETACEOUS — [ krɪ'teɪʃəs ] ■ adjective Geology relating to or denoting the last period of the Mesozoic era (between the Jurassic …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CRAYON — [cray.on] n [F, crayon, pencil, fr. dim. of craie chalk, fr. L creta] (1644) 1: a stick of white or …
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CRETACEOUS — [Cre.ta.ceous] adj [L cretaceus resembling chalk, fr. creta chalk] (1832): of, relating to, or being the last period of the …
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CHALK — soft, fine-grained, easily pulverized, white-to-grayish variety of limestone. Chalk is composed of the shells of such minute marine organisms as …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS — in full Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptized as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart born Jan. 27, 1756, Salzburg, Archbishopric …
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CRETE — Modern Greek Krti, Ancient Greek Crete or Krete, Latin Creta, Turkish Kirid, Venetian Candia island in the eastern Mediterranean that …
Britannica English vocabulary
CRAYON — / ˈkreɪən; NAmE / noun a coloured pencil or stick of soft coloured chalk or wax , used for drawing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRETACEOUS — Cre ‧ ta ‧ ceous /krəˈteɪʃəs, krɪˈteɪʃəs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: cretaceus , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRETAN — n. & adj. --n. a native of Crete, an island SE of the Greek mainland. --adj. of or relating to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRETACEOUS — adj. & n. --adj. 1 of the nature of chalk. 2 (Cretaceous) Geol. of or relating to the last period …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAYON — n. & v. --n. 1 a stick or pencil of coloured chalk, wax, etc. used for drawing. 2 a drawing …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRETACEOUS — adj. & n. adj. 1 of the nature of chalk. 2 (Cretaceous) Geol. of or relating to the last period …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAYON — n. & v. n. 1 a stick or pencil of coloured chalk, wax, etc. used for drawing. 2 a drawing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRETAN — n. & adj. n. a native of Crete, an island SE of the Greek mainland. adj. of or relating to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRETACEOUS — adj. & n. --adj. 1. of the nature of chalk. 2 (Cretaceous) Geol. of or relating to the last period …
Oxford English vocab
CRAYON — n. & v. --n. 1. a stick or pencil of coloured chalk, wax, etc. used for drawing. 2 a drawing …
Oxford English vocab

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