GREEK FIRE

Meaning of GREEK FIRE in English

1. an incendiary mixture of unknown composition, used in warfare in medieval times by Byzantine Greeks.

2. any of a group of inflammable mixtures; wildfire.

[ 1820-30 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

GREEK FIRE — noun Date: 1788 an incendiary composition used in warfare by the Byzantine Greeks that is said to have burst into …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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 — 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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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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