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 |
Greater Swiss Mountain dog | the largest of the four Swiss breeds |
Brown Swiss | large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland |
Canton crepe | a soft thick crinkled dress crepe, heavier than crepe de Chine |
cotton flannel Canton flannel | a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side |
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 |
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 |
cross country | a long race run over open country |
jellyroll Swiss roll | thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake |
chard Swiss chard spinach beet leaf beet | long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves |
Swiss cheese | hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland |
Swiss steak | steak braised in tomato and onion mixture |
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 |
canton | a small administrative division of a country |
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 |
Guangzhou Kuangchou Kwangchow Canton | a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China, the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port |
West Country | the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset) |
Switzerland Swiss Confederation Suisse Schweiz Svizzera | a landlocked federal republic in central Europe |
Swiss canton | one of the cantons of Switzerland |
Basel Basle Bale | a city in northwestern Switzerland |
Bluegrass Bluegrass Country Bluegrass Region | an area in central Kentucky noted for it bluegrass and thoroughbred horses |
Zhu Jiang Canton River Chu Kiang Pearl River | a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea |
Swiss Swiss people | the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland |
country doctor | a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital, do country doctors still make house calls? |
Swiss pine Swiss stone pine arolla pine cembra nut tree Pinus cembra | large five-needled European pine, yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate |
Swiss mountain pine mountain pine dwarf mountain pine mugho pine mugo pine Pinus mugo | low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two |
chard Swiss chard spinach beet leaf beet chard plant Beta vulgaris cicla | beet lacking swollen root, grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks |