Gloss
Gloss is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 6 points
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 1
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of gloss
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nounAn explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text.
Similar: rubric
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nounAn alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field.
Similar: glossary
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nounThe property of being smooth and shiny.
Similar: polish , glossiness , burnish
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verbGive a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing.
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verbProvide interlinear explanations for words or phrases.
“He annotated on what his teacher had written”
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verbProvide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase.
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of gloss
Words inside gloss
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- loss4
- logs5
- slog5
- sols4
- log4
- sol3
- sos3
Words that rhyme with gloss
- cross
- loss
- cos
- sauce
- dos
- joss
- mos
- moss
- toss
- coss
- doss
- dross
- koss
- pross
- across
- lacrosse
- emboss
- recross
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