country-dance
country dancing
contredanse
contra danse
contradance | a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line |
| style | a slender bristlelike or tubular process, a cartilaginous style |
| country house | a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
stylus
style | a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving, he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus |
| classical style | the artistic style of ancient Greek art with its emphasis on proportion and harmony |
dash
elan flair
panache
style | distinctive and stylish elegance, he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer |
manner mode
style
way fashion | how something is done or how it happens, her dignified manner, his rapid manner of talking, their nomadic mode of existence, in the characteristic New York style, a lonely way of life, in an abrasive fashion |
artistic style
idiom | the style of a particular artist or school or movement, an imaginative orchestral idiom |
life style
life-style
lifestyle
modus vivendi | a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes |
hairdo
hairstyle
hair style
coiffure
coif | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
vogue
trend style | the popular taste at a given time, leather is the latest vogue, he followed current trends, the s had a style of their own |
haute couture
high fashion
high style | trend-setting fashions |
architectural style
style of architecture
type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
perpendicular
perpendicular style
English-Gothic
English-Gothic architecture | a Gothic style in th and th century England, characterized by vertical lines and a fourentered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting |
| style | a particular kind (as to appearance), this style of shoe is in demand |
| style sheet | a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication |
| style | editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display |
old style
old style font | a typeface (based on an th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes |
country music
country and western
C and W | a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States, usually played on stringed instruments |
expressive style
style | a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period, all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper |
music genre
musical genre
genre musical style | an expressive style of music |
writing style
literary genre
genre | a style of expressing yourself in writing |
| cross country | a long race run over open country |
Nova Scotia lox
Nova lox
Nova Scotia salmon
Nova salmon
Nova style salmon | brineured salmon that is less salty than most, sometimes sugar is also used in the curing |
country people
countryfolk | people raised in or living in a rural environment, rustics |
| country people countryfolk | people living in the same country, compatriots |
| nation land country | the people who live in a nation or country, a statement that sums up the nation's mood, the news was announced to the nation, the whole country worshipped him |
| commonwealth country | any of the countries in the British Commonwealth |
| developing country | a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically |
| foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen, working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to |
state
nation
country
land
commonwealth
res publica
body politic | a politically organized body of people under a single government, the state has elected a new president, African nations, students who had come to the nation's capitol, the country's largest manufacturer, an industrialized land |
| country club | a suburban club for recreation and socializing |
| area country | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography), it was a mountainous area, Bible country |
| high country | an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline |
backwoods
back country
boondocks
hinterland | a remote and undeveloped area |
fatherland
homeland
motherland
mother country
country of origin
native land | the country where you were born |
buffer state
buffer country | a small neutral state between two rival powers |
country
state
land | the territory occupied by a nation, he returned to the land of his birth, he visited several European countries |
| old country | the country of origin of an immigrant |
| country rural area | an area outside of cities and towns, his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country |
European country
European nation | any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
Scandinavian country
Scandinavian nation | any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia |
Balkan country
Balkan nation
Balkan state | any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula |
African country
African nation | any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
Asian country
Asian nation | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
South American country
South American nation | any one of the countries occupying the South American continent |
North American country
North American nation | any country on the North American continent |
Central American country
Central American nation | any one of the countries occupying Central America, these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments |
| West Country | the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset) |