cockroach Definition
cock·roach (käk′rōc̸h′)
cockroach Usage Examples
Converse of object
- hiss: Also a very good web page on hissing cockroaches.
- kill: Kill a cockroach, next life die of some stupid vector virus.
- find: Then one day we found a cockroach lying upside down in a giant size tub of margarine.
- see: Pixie sees the missing cockroach - it has somehow got onto Joyce's shoulder ( didn't she feel it crawling up her leg?
- include: I have compassion for all sentient beings, including cockroaches.
- have: A nasty hotel in Greece that had cockroaches in the room.
Adjective modifier
- Oriental: The Oriental Cockroach unlike the German variety is unable to climb smooth vertical surfaces.
- giant: They run workshops which will give you the chance to create a flying machine or handle giant cockroaches.
- German: They found the worst infestation of German cockroaches they had ever seen in a food shop.
- female: Female German cockroaches may occasionally help the nymphs emerge from the egg capsule.
- common: The world's most common cockroach is the American Cockroach which was taken to the United States inadvertently on slave ships from Africa.
- small: Small red-brown cockroaches are also sometimes to be found here.
Modifies a noun
- infestation: The presence of cockroach infestation can also be detected by the strong foul odor left behind on the material they run across.
- killer: Although chemicals of this cockroach killer ( Black Knight Roach Kille?
- etc: Use biodegradable non-persistent treatments to minimize transmission effects to wildlife when controlling public health pests ( fleas, bedbugs, cockroaches etc ).
- race: The cockroach races take place in the rec room.
- problem: Have they got rid of their cockroach problems yet?
- poison: Maybe there were traces of cockroach poison in the sandwiches.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near cockroach
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