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FORTY-FIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A .45-caliber pistol
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("forty-five" is a kind of...):
handgun; pistol; shooting iron; side arm (a firearm that is held and fired with one hand)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being five more than forty
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
Well, while things stood thus, suddenly the HISPANIOLA struck, staggered, ground for an instant in the sand, and then, swift as a blow, canted over to the port side till the deck stood at an angle of forty-five degrees and about a puncheon of water splashed into the scupper holes and lay, in a pool, between the deck and bulwark.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
That forty-five dollars is just a starter.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Harkey lay on the floor, face downward, where he had fallen; while Dutchy rested forward on the table, his yellow mop of hair buried in his mush- plate, the plate itself still tilted at an angle of forty-five degrees.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
That's forty-five dollars for a week's work, one hundred and eighty dollars a month.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
At the same instant Martin sprang for him, clutching him by the throat with one hand in such fashion that Mr. Ends' snow-white beard, still maintaining its immaculate trimness, pointed ceilingward at an angle of forty-five degrees.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
