Compo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various combined substances, such as mortar or plaster, formed by mixing ingredients.
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  • abbreviation. composition
  • abbreviation. competition
  • abbreviation. compensation
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mortar made of sand and cement.
  • n. A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used instead of plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices.
  • n. A composition for billiard balls.
  • n. A preparation of which printer's rollers are made.
  • n. A preparation used in currying leather.
  • n. Composition paid by a debtor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as compost, 4.
  • n. Same as composition, 5.
  • n. A mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used for ornaments on walls and cornices instead of plaster of Paris: called specifically carvers' compo.
  • n. The sum or dividend paid in composition of a bankrupt's debts; also, the portion of the monthly wages paid to a ship's company.
    • Word Usage
    "I mean we can pay prisoners thousands in compo for being made to withdraw from drugs without batting an eyelid but the merest sniff of helping someone decent & the world goes bonkers."
    Form
    compo rations   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    perma    conti    facilius    bulletpoint    Bosch   
     
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