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growler

[ grou-ler ]
/ ˈgraʊ lər /
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noun

a person or thing that growls.
Informal. a pitcher, pail, or other container brought by a customer for beer.
British Slang. a four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage.
Electricity. an electromagnetic device consisting of two field poles, used for indicating short-circuited coils in armatures and for magnetizing or demagnetizing objects.
an iceberg large enough to be a navigational hazard.

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RELATED WORDS

beaker, decanter, flask, jar, urn, bucket, vase, bottle, pot, carafe, tub, crock, amphora, pitcher, flagon, ewer, vessel, canteen, hooker, cruet

Nearby words

growing pains, growing point, growing-equity mortgage, growingly, growl, growler, growly, grown, grown-up, grownup, growth

Origin of growler

First recorded in 1745–55; growl + -er1
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British Dictionary definitions for growler

growler

/ (ˈɡraʊlə) /

noun

a person, animal, or thing that growls
British slang, obsolete a four-wheeled hansom cab
Canadian a small iceberg that has broken off from a larger iceberg or from a glacier, often hazardous to shipping
US slang any container, such as a can, for draught beer
derogatory, slang a woman, esp one who is considered physically unattractive
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