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trifle collapse: sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce

bell collapse: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck; the flared opening of a tubular device; the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"; United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922); English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961); a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905); the shape of a bell; (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.; attach a bell to; "bell cows"

compass collapse: navigational instrument for finding directions; drafting instrument used for drawing circles; the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"; bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"

permanently collapse: for a long time without essential change; "he is permanently disabled"

neighborhood collapse: people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"

hopefully collapse: it is hoped; "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"; with hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully for a good position"

corrosion collapse: erosion by chemical action; a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action

run on collapse: talk or narrate at length; continue uninterrupted; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M."

time signature collapse: a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat

log collapse: measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water; a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane); a written record of messages sent or received; "they kept a log of all transmission by the radio station"; "an email log"; a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches; enter into a log, as on ships and planes; cut lumber, as in woods and forests

vicinity collapse: a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

transience collapse: an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying

liberty collapse: freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"; personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

rest collapse: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"; a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest"; a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration; euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"; a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"; be at rest; take a short break from one's activities in order to relax; give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"; not move; be in a resting position; put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"; be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"; be inherent or innate in;

double cross collapse: an act of betrayal; "he gave us the old double cross"; "I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing"; betray by double-dealing

Medicaid collapse: health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program

Medicare collapse: health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over

stage collapse: a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"; a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"; a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination; the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"; any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"; plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"; perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"

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