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THE CO-OP

Specialty Definition: THE CO-OP

Domain	Definition
Slang	Noun. Source: The Co-op is a shortened version of The Babysitting Co-op. Definition: The Babysitting Co-op, or Co-op, is a way for the mothers of young children in the Misty Meadows neighborhood to interact socially while at the same time providing a means of sharing the burden of child care. The Co-op has regular meetings and instead of money, the mothers exchange tickets which are then good for another Co-op sit with any other Co-op member. The Co-op is not particularily exclusive, meaning that any person with young children and having an interest in the group is invited to be a participating member of The Co-op. Context: One would only say Co-op in the casual setting of conversing with a fellow Co-op member. Social Source: Mothers of young children in the "Babysitting Co-op" of Misty Meadows neighborhood in Kent, Washington. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: THE CO-OP

Domain	Title
Books	The Co-Op Bible: Everything You Need to Know About Co-Ops and Condos: Getting In, Staying In, Surviving, Thriving (reference) The Co-Op Cookbook: Delicious and Healthy Meals in Less Than Half an Hour (reference) The Co-Op in Birmingham & the Black Country: 150 Years of Co-Operation, 1844-1994 (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Manhattan Cooperator : The Co-op And Condo Monthly (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: THE CO-OP

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Co-op Seafood Market and dock. Credit: America's Coastlines.		The F/V ATLANTIC TRAVELER squid rigged at the Co-op Seafood Retail Market. Credit: Fisheries.
	The F/V JAIME MAE rigged for fluke at the Co-op Seafood dock. Credit: Fisheries.		Mending fish nets at the Co-op Seafood dock. Credit: Fisheries.
	Piles of fishnets, floats, and other gear at the Co-op Seafood dock. Credit: Fisheries.		Dwayne Mangum, NRCS District Conservationist, and volunteer manager of the South Carolina Sea Island Farmers Cooperative and a member of the South Carolina State General Assembly, examine a sunflower. The co-op, organized in the late 1960's when farms wer. Credit: Bob Nichols.
	Land farmed by the co-op. Burlington project, North Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress.		Automatic dumper at the co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Modern Translation: THE CO-OP

Language		Translations for "THE CO-OP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Russian		на кооперативных началах (on the co-op). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: THE CO-OP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-h-o-o-p-t"
	-2 letters: coopt, epoch, photo, pooch, tophe.
	-3 letters: chop, coho, coop, coot, cope, cote, echo, etch, hoop, hoot, hope, pech, phot, poco, poet, pooh, tope, toph.
	-4 letters: cep, coo, cop, cot, eth, hep, het, hoe, hop, hot, oho, ooh, oot, ope, opt, pec, peh, pet, pht, poh, pot, the, tho, toe, too, top.
	-5 letters: eh, et.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-h-o-o-p-t"
	+2 letters: ectomorph, orthoepic, photocell.
	+3 letters: ctenophore, ectomorphs, mythopoeic, orthopedic, photocells, photogenic, tocopherol, topnotcher.
	+4 letters: arthroscope, crapshooter, ctenophoran, ctenophores, ectomorphic, ectotrophic, endotrophic, geostrophic, heliotropic, hemopoietic, hepatotoxic, heterotopic, homeopathic, hopscotched, hopscotches, mesotrophic, mythopoetic, nephrotoxic, nonphonetic, orthopaedic, orthopedics, osteopathic, phagocytose, photocopied, photocopier, photocopies, photometric, photoreduce, phytochrome, prothoraces, stethoscope, technophobe, thermoscope, tocopherols, topnotchers, trochophore.
	+5 letters: arthroscopes, chemotropism, crapshooters, ctenophorans, electrophori, hotchpotches, hyperostotic, hypochlorite, hypothecator, luteotrophic, monophyletic, morphometric, oophorectomy, orthopaedics, phagocytosed, phagocytoses, photocathode, photochemist, photocompose, photocopiers, photocurrent, photoexcited, photoinduced, photokinetic, photonuclear, photoreduced, photoreduces, photospheric, phytochromes, pyrocatechol, sociopathies, stereophonic, stethoscopes, stethoscopic, technophobes, technophobia, technophobic, theosophical, thermocouple, thermoscopes, thermotropic, trochophores, tropospheric, urethroscope.
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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Bibliography

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