bureaucratic procedure
red tape | needlessly timeonsuming procedure |
| 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 |
| tape | the finishing line for a foot race, he broke the tape in record time |
Father Father-God
Fatherhood | God when considered as the first person in the Trinity, hear our prayers, Heavenly Father |
| Father Brown | a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton |
| Apostle Apostelic Father | any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people |
Church Father
Father of the Church
Father | (Christianity) any of abouttheologians in the period from the nd to the th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine, in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church, the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome, those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom |
| city father | an important municipal official |
| don father | the head of an organized crime family |
father
male parent
begetter | a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father), his father was born in Atlanta |
| Father Padre | `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church), `Padre' is frequently used in the military |
| father | a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization, the tennis fathers ruled in her favor, the city fathers endorsed the proposal |
father figure
father surrogate | a man who takes over all the functions of the real father |
| father-figure | a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically |
| father-in-law | the father of your spouse |
forefather
father sire | the founder of a family, keep the faith of our forefathers |
foster-father
foster father | a man who is a foster parent |
founder
beginner founding father
father | a person who founds or establishes some institution, George Washington is the father of his country |
| Founding Father | a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in |
| Pilgrim Pilgrim Father | one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in |
pope
Catholic Pope
Roman Catholic Pope
pontiff
Holy Father
Vicar of Christ
Bishop of Rome | the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
Santa Claus
Santa
Kriss Kringle
Father Christmas
Saint Nicholas Saint Nick
St. Nick | the legendary patron saint of children, an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas |
Bushnell
David Bushnell
Father of the Submarine | American inventor who in designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (-) |
De Forest
Lee De Forest
Father of Radio | United States electrical engineer who inpatented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (-) |
tape grass
eelgrass wild celery Vallisneria spiralis | submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves, Old World and Australia |
| paper tape | a long narrow strip of paper |
| ticker tape | a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written |
| Father's Day | US: third Sunday in June |
beget
get engender
father
mother
sire
generate
bring forth | make children, Abraham begot Isaac, Men often father children but don't recognize them |
| record tape | register electronically, They recorded her singing |
| tape record | record with a tape recorder |
videotape
tape | record on videotape |
| 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 |
taped
tape-recorded | recorded on tape |