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best friend

[ best frend ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person’s closest or most cherished friend:
Sheila has been my best friend since we were seven.
Synonyms: bosom friend, bosom buddy, bff, bf, bestie
something that a person particularly depends on or has a special affection for:
A purple, stuffed armadillo was my best friend and companion through my whole childhood.
something considered or suggested to be particularly useful or valuable:
When it comes to saving for retirement, compound interest is your new best friend.
Your local piano tuner could be your best friend when buying a piano.

First recorded before 1000

I need my best friend to sit on the couch and watch TV with me; I need Wonder Woman to save the world.

My boyfriend and his best friend remember seeing you there, too.

Available at Metrokane iSpoon Kitchen Stylus, $10 The modern cook has a new best friend: the Internet.

She canceled bridesmaid dress shopping and wedding cake tasting with her best friend.

Sixteen years later, his former best friend finally confronts him.

She was his best friend and a delightful person to have for a mother; her soul might be her own possession undisturbed.

His best friend would not have recognized him on that deeply interesting occasion.

He forced himself to regard the great Enemy of Man as his best friend—his only comforter and refuge.

He posed as the lover of Mme. de Brebion, the wife of his best friend.

Doctor Dufour, your best friend, dwells near here, you would like to live near him some day.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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