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ACROSS THE COUNTER

Synonyms within Context: ACROSS THE COUNTER

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Barter

Adverb: across the counter.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Photo Album: ACROSS THE COUNTER

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Western Washington, Lewis County, Vader. Across the counter is Ghost Town Cafe. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: ACROSS THE COUNTER

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Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

She pushed the waxpapered loaf across the counter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ACROSS THE COUNTER

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Health

Although hypnotic medication is frequently prescribed by physicians for insomnia and secured either across the counter or "extralegally," hypnotic medication should not be the mainstay of management for most of the causes of disturbed sleep. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: ACROSS THE COUNTER

Expression using "ACROSS THE COUNTER": ad across the counter. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ACROSS THE COUNTER

Language Translations for "ACROSS THE COUNTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

régulier. (various references)

   

German

  

regulär (basic, proper, regular, regularly). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acrossay ethay ountercay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ACROSS THE COUNTER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-h-n-o-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-u"

-3 letters: stercoraceous.

-4 letters: consecrators, constructors, contractures, cornstarches, cotoneasters, countershots, northeasters, orchestrates, orthocenters, reconstructs, southeastern.

-5 letters: ceanothuses, chartreuses, consecrates, consecrator, constructor, contractors, contracture, correctness, cotoneaster, counteracts, countershot, encroachers, escutcheons, northeaster, orchestrate, orthocenter, racecourses, reconstruct, southeaster, southerners, technocrats, touchstones, treacherous, trochanters.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Quotations: Fiction
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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