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impoverishment
impoverishment
/ˌɪmˈpɑːvrɪʃmənt/
noun
The act of making someone poor
(
impoverishment
,
pauperisation
[British]
,
pauperization
)
the act of making someone poor
The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
(
impoverishment
,
poorness
,
immiseration
,
poverty
,
immiserisation
[British]
,
immiserization
)
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
The community rallied together to combat poverty in their neighborhood.
The community rallied together to combat poverty in their neighborhood.
Dreiser
Dreiser
/ˈdraɪzər/
noun
United States novelist (1871-1945)
(
Dreiser
,
Theodore Dreiser
,
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser
)
United States novelist (1871-1945)
tobacco
tobacco
/təˈbæˌkoʊ/
noun
(
)
Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
(
baccy
[Informal, UK]
,
tobacco
)
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
The newsagent had a variety of flavored tobacco for sale
The newsagent had a variety of flavored tobacco for sale
Aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
(
tobacco
,
tobacco plant
)
aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
magnetron
magnetron
/ˈmægnəˌtrɑːn/
noun
A diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
(
magnetron
)
a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
The magnetron tube is a crucial component for generating microwaves in ovens.
The magnetron tube is a crucial component for generating microwaves in ovens.
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