Simple Online Photographic Dictionary

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Recent entries

These are the ten most recent words that have been added to the dictionary.

Mangle

Photo of a mangle
A mangle, also known as a wringer, is designed to squeeze water out of wet clothes, so they are not dripping wet when they are hung out to dry. Mangles are made from two rollers close together that squeeze the clothes between them. They were used before modern washing machines that have built-in spin driers.

Photo by By Jo Jakeman

Chopping board

Photo of a chopping board
A chopping board is a portable surface, usually made from wood or plastic, that is used when you are cutting up food so that your kitchen table or benches don't get damaged.

Photo by Janne Hellsten

Stocks

Photo of a man in stocks
Stocks are an old punishment device that holds people in place by the head and hands, or the feet. Strictly speaking, stocks only hold the feet and a pillory holds the head and hands.

Stocks were usually put in a public place, where the person being punished was humiliated. Passers-by were free to hurl abuse, rotten fruit or other filth at the person in the stocks.

Photo by fairlybuoyant

Cleaver

Photo of a cleaver and some other knives
A cleaver is a type of knife with a large, rectangular blade. It is mainly used to cut through bone or other hard foods, but can also be used to dice food and to crush things like garlic.

Photo by toholio

Guillotine

Photo of a guillotine
A guillotine is a French device that can be used to kill people by cutting off their heads. The victim has their head held still at the base of the device, and the blade is hoisted up quite high and let fall.

Photo by Karl Jonsson

Vein

Photo of veins on an arm
Veins are tubes that run all the way around your body, taking blood back to your heart once it has been used by organs in your body. The tubes that take fresh blood from your heart to where it is needed are called arteries.

Photo by 33mhz

Diagonal

Photo of diagonal lines
A line is diagonal if it is not straight up and down relative to things around it, or not horizontal or vertical. Diagonal lines are at an angle.

Photo by tanakawho

Chameleon

Photo of a chameleon
Chameleons are a distinctive-looking family of lizards. The most famous chameleons change colour to camouflage against their surroundings, but not all chameleons can do this. Chameleons eat insects, catching them with their extremely long tongues. Chameleons can move their eyes independantly, and point them in two different directions at once.

Photo By Jacob Bøtter

Fireplace

Photo of a stone fireplace
A fireplace is somewhere, usually indoors, that is built to contain a fire for either cooking or heating. Fireplaces are generally made from brick, stone, rammed earth or any other material that will not burn.

Photo by Christopher Sessums

Clogs

Photo of clogs for sale
Traditional clogs are wooden shoes usually associated with the Netherlands and surrounding countries. They were worn as protective footwear in industries like mining and in factories.

Modern clogs are just slip-on shoes, usually made with wooden soles and a leather upper.

Photo by Paul Downey