| contact | close interaction, they kept in daily contact, they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings |
| eye contact | contact that occurs when two people look directly at each other, a teacher should make eye contact with the students |
contact
physical contact | the act of touching physically, her fingers came in contact with the light switch |
| contact sport | a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players |
contact
tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact, they forget to solder the contacts |
| contact contact lens | a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication |
| contact print | a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative |
| electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another |
grill
grille
grillwork | a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate, he cooked hamburgers on the grill |
grillroom
grill | a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill |
wiper wiper arm
contact arm | contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet |
liaison
link
contact
inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
| eye contact | a meeting of the eyes between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication, it was a mere glance, but the eye contact was enough to tell her that he was desperate to leave |
| contact touch | a communicative interaction, the pilot made contact with the base, he got in touch with his colleagues |
contact
impinging
striking | the physical coming together of two or more things, contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull |
contact
middleman | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance, he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor |
catalysis
contact action | acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction, of the topcommodity chemicals,are created directly by catalysis and another are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced |
| contact dermatitis | a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy) |
| contact | the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity, litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid |
| grill | cook over a grill, grill the sausages |
reach
get through
get hold of
contact | be in or establish communication with, Our advertisements reach millions, He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia |
| grill | examine thoroughly, the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology |
touch adjoin meet
contact | be in direct physical contact with, make contact, The two buildings touch, Their hands touched, The wire must not contact the metal cover, The surfaces contact at this point |
| fly contact | fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference |