MEDICINE CABINET
A small cupboard used to store medicines, toiletries, and personal-care supplies.
Other meanings and uses
- The plural medicine cabinets refers to two or more such storage cupboards.
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COMPASS
An instrument with a freely moving needle that indicates direction, especially north.
Other meanings and uses
- A range, scope, or extent covered by an activity, subject, or ability.
- To encompass or achieve something, in less common formal verb usage.
FOG MACHINE
A machine that produces an artificial cloud resembling fog for a visible atmospheric effect.
Other meanings and uses
- Fog machines is the regular plural form for multiple units of the device.
INCENSE
An aromatic substance burned to release fragrant smoke, often during ceremonies or reflection.
Other meanings and uses
- The fragrant smoke or aroma released when the aromatic substance is burned.
WATERFALL
A place where water in a river or stream drops over a steep or vertical edge.
Other meanings and uses
- A flowing or hanging arrangement that descends in a cascade-like series.
- Waterfalls is the ordinary plural for more than one such natural feature.
DISCO BALL
A suspended sphere covered in small reflective pieces and illuminated to scatter light.
Other meanings and uses
- Disco balls is the standard plural when referring to several of these decorations.
NETTLE
A plant with fine stinging hairs that can cause irritation when touched by bare skin.
Other meanings and uses
- Nettles is the usual plural and can also refer collectively to a patch of the plants.
HIKING BOOTS
Strong boots designed to support and protect the feet during long walks over rough ground.
Other meanings and uses
- The phrase normally appears in the plural because the footwear is worn as a pair.
DRESSING ROOM
A room where someone changes clothes or prepares for a performance or public appearance.
Other meanings and uses
- In sports, the phrase can refer to the room where players change before and after play.
DRY ICE
Solid carbon dioxide, kept at a very low temperature and used where intense cooling is needed.
Other meanings and uses
- It is commonly used for keeping perishable goods cold during storage or transportation.
WATER BOTTLE
A portable bottle or similar container used to hold water for drinking.
Other meanings and uses
- The phrase can also mean a commercially filled bottle of drinking water.
WIND UP
To finish, conclude, or bring an activity, meeting, or period of business to an end.
Other meanings and uses
- To find oneself eventually in a particular place, condition, or situation.
- To tighten a spring-driven object by turning a key, handle, or knob.
PIQUE
To arouse or stimulate a feeling such as interest, attention, or curiosity.
Other meanings and uses
- It commonly appears in the expression “pique someone’s curiosity” or interest.
KALEIDOSCOPE
A viewing instrument or toy that displays changing patterns of color and light when turned.
Other meanings and uses
- A varied, changing mixture or sequence of sights, events, colors, or impressions.
HUMIDIFIER
A device that adds moisture to the air or helps maintain a desired level of humidity.
Other meanings and uses
- Humidifiers is the ordinary plural for more than one moisture-adding device.
BACKPACK
A bag carried on the back, usually secured by two straps over the shoulders.
Other meanings and uses
- As a verb, to backpack means to travel or hike while carrying one’s belongings.
- Backpacks is also the regular plural noun for multiple bags of this kind.