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FARCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

Synonyms:

farce; farce comedy; travesty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("farce" is a kind of...):

comedy (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)

Derivation:

farcical (broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs

Synonyms:

farce; forcemeat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("farce" is a kind of...):

dressing; stuffing (a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables)

Derivation:

farce (fill with a stuffing while cooking)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill with a stuffing while cooking

Example:

Have you stuffed the turkey yet?

Synonyms:

farce; stuff

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "farce" is one way to...):

fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Verb group:

stuff (fill tightly with a material)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

farce (mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs)

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