mail-order buying catalog buying | buying goods to be shipped through the mail |
spare | a score in tenpins, knocking down all ten after rolling two balls |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
card index card catalog card catalogue | an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item |
fifth wheel spare | an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle |
parts bin | a bin for holding spare parts |
spare part spare | an extra component of a machine or other apparatus |
genitalia genital organ genitals private parts privates crotch | external sex organ |
spare tire love handle | excess fat around the waistline |
catalog catalogue | a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things, he found it in the Sears catalog |
catalog catalogue | a complete list of things, usually arranged systematically, it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements |
library catalog library catalogue | an enumeration of all the resources of a library |
card catalog card catalogue | a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card |
parts catalog parts catalogue | a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices |
seed catalog seed catalogue | a list advertising seeds and their prices |
parts inventory | an inventory of replacement parts |
course catalog course catalogue prospectus | a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university |
parts department | the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts |
parts | the local environment, he hasn't been seen around these parts in years |
spare time free time | time available for hobbies and other activities that you enjoy |
catalogue catalog | make an itemized list or catalog of, classify, He is cataloguing his photographic negatives |
spare | use frugally or carefully |
catalogue catalog | make a catalogue, compile a catalogue, She spends her weekends cataloguing |
spare give up part with dispense with | give up what is not strictly needed, he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey |
spare save | refrain from harming |
spare | save or relieve from an experience or action, I'll spare you from having to apologize formally |
plain bare spare unembellished unornamented | lacking embellishment or ornamentation, a plain hair style, unembellished white walls, functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete |
bare(a) scanty spare | lacking in amplitude or quantity, a bare livelihood, a scanty harvest, a spare diet |
spare trim | thin and fit, the spare figure of a marathon runner, a body kept trim by exercise |
excess extra redundant spare supererogatory superfluous supernumerary surplu | more than is needed, desired, or required, trying to lose excess weight, found some extra change lying on the dresser, yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant, skills made redundant by technological advance, sleeping in the spare room, supernumerary ornamentation, it was supererogatory of her to gloat, delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words, extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts, surplus cheese distributed to the needy |
spare | kept in reserve especially for emergency use, a reserve supply of food, a spare tire, spare parts |
spare free | not taken up by scheduled activities, a free hour between classes, spare time on my hands |