a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
lacking patterns especially in color
not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"