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draught (draft, dräft)

noun, transitive verb, adjective

Brit. draft

draught Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • howl: A poor English breakfast at a high price in a narrow room with a howling draft.
  • emit: The middle entrance can emit a strong draft from its sizeable ellipse.
  • eliminate: Medium cost measures Fit brush or PVC seals on external doors to eliminate drafts.
  • minimize: Additional, specially designed flaps behind the screen minimize drafts in the kidney area.
  • prevent: To prevent drafts, fill any gaps between floorboards, or lay sheets of board across the floor over them.

Adjective modifier

  • copious: The ride was merely a dream engendered by copious drafts of the Welshman's beloved cwrw da.
  • shallow: With its shallow draft, the steamer could glide over submerged banks barely two feet below the surface.
  • cold: Given the size of the object, the strength of the cold outward draft is just amazing.
  • strong: The middle entrance can emit a strong draft from its sizeable ellipse.
  • excessive: Excessive draft causes the wood to burn faster and can cool the flame which leads to more smoke.
  • deep: The race version has a taller rig and deeper draft.

Modifies a noun

  • excluder: A new feature for 2004 is a draft excluder skirt around the base of the tent.
  • lager: Later that day a junior doctor drained off three liters of what resembled draft lager.
  • Bass: A good selection of wines and drinks are on offer, including draft Bass.
  • cider: No draft cider was sold, it was all bottled.
  • beer: The most popular drinks are draft beers, which mean they are ' pulled ' straight from the barrel.
  • ale: The brand is the fastest growing draft premium ale in the market at +34 % year on year.

Noun used with modifier

  • sleeping: Nobody must see him; I've just given him his sleeping draft.
  • chimney: But in doing so they have to make a variety of assumptions about your chimney draft, fuel and method of operation.
  • stop: Stop drafts and heat escaping through floorboards and skirting boards by filling gaps with newspaper, beading or sealant.

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