bureaucratic procedure
red tape | needlessly timeonsuming procedure |
Scotch terrier
Scottish terrier
Scottie | old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears |
| adhesive tape | tape coated with adhesive |
| cassette tape | a cassette that contains magnetic tape |
cellulose tape
Scotch tape
Sellotape | transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending |
| duct tape | a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses, duct tape holds the world together |
friction tape
insulating tape | a wateresistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors |
magnetic tape
mag tape
tape | memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide, used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information, he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview |
masking tape
masking paper | adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted |
| tape | a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening, he used a piece of tape for a belt, he wrapped a tape around the package |
tape tape recording
taping | a recording made on magnetic tape, the several recordings were combined on a master tape |
tape tapeline
tape measure | measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths, the carpenter should have used his tape measure |
| tape cartridge | a cartridge containing magnetic tape, for use with audio or video recorders or computer systems |
| tape deck | electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers), a component in an audio system |
tape drive
tape transport
transport | a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read
write heads of a tape playback
recorder |
| tape player | electronic equipment for playing back magnetic tapes |
tape recorder
tape machine | a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape |
| Scotch broth | a thick soup made from beef or mutton with vegetables and pearl barley |
| Scotch kiss | butterscotch candy kiss |
drop scone
griddlecake Scotch pancake | a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle |
| Scotch egg | hardooked egg encased in sausage meat then breaded and deep-fried |
| Scotch woodcock | creamy scrambled eggs on toast spread with anchovy paste |
Scotch
Scotch whiskey
Scotch whisky
malt whiskey
malt whisky
Scotch malt whiskey
Scotch malt whisky | whiskey distilled in Scotland, especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still |
| Scotch and soda | a highball with Scotch malt whiskey and club soda |
| tape | the finishing line for a foot race, he broke the tape in record time |
Scotch pine
Scots pine
Scotch fir
Pinus sylvestris | medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark |
sweet gale
Scotch gale
Myrica gale | bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves |
common marigold
pot marigold
ruddles
Scotch marigold
Calendula officinalis | the common European annual marigold |
cotton thistle
woolly thistle Scotch thistle
Onopordum acanthium
Onopordon acanthium | biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers, naturalized in North America |
Scotch asphodel
Tofieldia pusilla | false asphodel having spikes of white flowers, of mountainous regions of Europe |
common broom
Scotch broom
green broom
Cytisus scoparius | deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe, widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers |
Scotch laburnum
Alpine golden chain
Laburnum alpinum | an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum |
tape grass
eelgrass wild celery Vallisneria spiralis | submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves, Old World and Australia |
score
scotch | a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) |
| paper tape | a long narrow strip of paper |
| ticker tape | a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written |
| record tape | register electronically, They recorded her singing |
| tape record | record with a tape recorder |
videotape
tape | record on videotape |
| scotch | make a small cut or score into |
| tape | fasten or attach with tape, tape the shipping label to the box |
scotch tape
sellotape | fasten or attach with sellotape, The hotel manager scotch taped a note to the guest's door |
thwart
queer
spoil
scotch
foil
cross
frustrate
baffle
bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of, What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge, foil your opponent |
taped
tape-recorded | recorded on tape |
economical
frugal
scotch
sparing
stinting | avoiding waste, an economical meal, an economical shopper, a frugal farmer, a frugal lunch, a sparing father and a spending son, sparing in their use of heat and light, stinting in bestowing gifts, thrifty because they remember the great Depression, `scotch' is used only informally |
Scots
Scottish
Scotch | of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language, Scots Gaelic, the Scots community in New York, `Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains', `Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid' |