joining connection connexion | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication), the joining of hands around the table, there was a connection via the internet |
connection connexion | shifting from one form of transportation to another, the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta |
arm branch limb | any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm, the arm of the record player, an arm of the sea, a branch of the sewer |
branch line spur track spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
connection connexion connector connecter connective | an instrumentality that connects, he soldered the connection, he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers |
inlet manifold | manifold that carries vaporized fuel from the carburetor to the inlet valves of the cylinders |
intake inlet | an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container |
nozzle nose | a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged |
siamese siamese connection | an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building |
beak honker hooter nozzle snoot snout schnozzle schnoz | informal terms for the nose |
association connection connexion | the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination, conditioning is a form of learning by association |
peace offering olive branch | something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace |
branch water | pure natural water from a stream or brook, often distinguished from soda water |
Special Branch | a government police department dealing with political security |
executive branch Executive Office of the President | the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws |
legislative branch | the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating |
judicial branch | the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice |
branch subdivision arm | a division of some larger or more complex organization, a branch of Congress, botany is a branch of biology, the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages |
branch | a stream or river connected to a larger one |
inlet recess | an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) |
connection | a supplier (especially of narcotics) |
connection | (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship), he has powerful connections |
Cabell James Branch Cabell | United States writer of satirical novels (-) |
outgrowth branch offshoot offset | a natural consequence of development |
branch | a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant |
limb tree branch | any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree |
connection connexion connectedness | a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it), there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare |
connection connexion link | a connecting shape |
branch leg ramification | a part of a forked or branching shape, he broke off one of the branches |
connection link connectedness | the state of being connected, the connection between church and state is inescapable |
branch ramify fork furcate separate | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork, The road forks |
ramify branch | grow and send out branches or branch-like structures, these plants ramify early and get to be very large |
diversify branch out broaden | vary in order to spread risk or to expand, The company diversified |