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BRATTICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("brattice" is a kind of...):
divider; partition (a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "brattice" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something