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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • sledgehammer/ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmə/nounB2+A huge two-handed hammer for breaking things apart.
  • sleep/sliːp/verbA12 meaningsTo rest unconscious with your eyes closed.
  • sleep hygienenounC1The habits that make good sleep likely.
  • sleeper/ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/nounB25 meaningsA person who is asleep, especially thought of by how easily they wake.
  • sleeper trainnounB2A train with beds for overnight journeys.
  • sleeping bag/ˈsliːpɪŋ(ɡ) bæɡ/
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A padded bag you sleep inside.
  • sleepovernounB1+A night spent at a friend's house.
  • sleepwalkingnounB2+Walking about while still asleep.
  • sleet/sliːt/nounB2+Half-frozen rain that stings as it falls.
  • sleeve/sliːv/nounB12 meaningsThe part of a garment covering the arm.
  • slice/slaɪs/nounB12 meaningsA thin flat piece cut from something.
  • slick/slɪk/adjectiveB23 meaningsSmoothly skilful, sometimes suspiciously so.
  • slide/ˈslaɪ̯d/nounA25 meaningsA smooth sloping structure that children sit on and go down.
  • slider/ˈslaɪdɚ/nounB1+2 meaningsA control you drag along a track to set a value.
  • slight/slaɪt/adjectiveB24 meaningsSmall in amount or degree, and hard to notice.
  • slime/slaɪm/nounB2A soft unpleasant slippery substance.
  • sling/ˈslɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsA cloth loop that supports an injured arm.
  • slip/ˈslɪp/verbB17 meaningsTo slide by accident on a smooth or wet surface and lose your balance.
  • slip roadnounB2The short road joining or leaving a motorway.
  • slip-up/ˈslɪpʌp/nounB2A small careless error.
  • slipper/ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/nounA2+A soft comfortable shoe worn indoors.
  • slippers/ˈslɪpə(ɹ)z/nounA2+2 meaningsSoft, comfortable shoes worn indoors.
  • slippery slope/ˌslɪ.pə.ɹiˈsləʊp/nounC1Claiming one small step must lead to disaster.
  • slipstream/ˈslɪp.stɹiːm/nounC1The sheltered air just behind a moving vehicle or rider.
  • slipwaynounC1The sloping ramp a boat is launched down.
  • slit/ˈslɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo cut a long, narrow opening in or along something.
  • sliver/ˈslɪvə/nounB2A very thin narrow piece broken off something.
  • slob/ˈslɒb/nounC1A lazy and untidy person.
  • sloe/ˈsləʊ/nounC2The small sharp black fruit of the blackthorn.
  • slog/slɒɡ/nounB2+2 meaningsA long hard piece of work or walking.
  • slogan/ˈsləʊɡ(ə)n/nounB2+A short punchy phrase repeated by a brand or campaign.
  • sloop/sluːp/nounC2A small sailing boat with one mast.
  • slop/slɒp/verbC12 meaningsTo spill liquid over the edge in moving it.
  • slope/sloʊp/nounB22 meaningsA surface that rises or falls at an angle.
  • slot/slɒt/nounB22 meaningsA narrow opening for inserting something.
  • sloth/sləʊθ/nounB1+A slow tree-dwelling animal of Central and South America.
  • slovakianounB2The central European country of Bratislava and the Tatra mountains.
  • slovenianounB2The small green Alpine country of Ljubljana and Lake Bled.
  • slow motion/ˌsləʊˈməʊ.ʃən/nounB1Film played back more slowly than it was recorded.
  • slug/slʌɡ/nounB1A soft shell-less creature like a snail.
  • slugabed/ˈslʌɡəbɛd/nounC2Somebody who stays in bed far too long.
  • sluice/sluːs/nounC1A gate that controls the flow of water.
  • slum/slʌm/nounB2+A poor crowded city area of makeshift houses.
  • slumber/ˈslʌm.bə/nounB2Sleep, especially peaceful sleep.
  • slump/slʌmp/verbB23 meaningsTo sit or fall heavily, with no energy left.
  • slur/slɜː/verbC12 meaningsTo run words together unclearly.
  • slurp/slɜːp/verbB2+2 meaningsTo drink or eat noisily, with a sucking sound.
  • slurry/ˈslʌ.ɹi/nounC1Liquid farm waste, stored and spread on land.
  • slush/slʌʃ/nounB2Partly melted, dirty snow.
  • smack/smæk/verbB13 meaningsTo hit with the flat of the hand.
  • small printnounC1The detailed conditions of a contract, printed inconspicuously.
  • small talknounB2Polite conversation about unimportant matters.
  • smallfolk/ˈsmɔːlfəʊk/nounC2The ordinary common people of a land.
  • smallholding/ˈsmɔlˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/nounC1A very small farm, worked by one family.
  • smartphone/ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/nounA2A pocket phone that is really a small computer with a touch screen.
  • smash/smæʃ/verbB13 meaningsTo break something violently into pieces.
  • smattering/ˈsmæ.təɹ.ɪŋ/nounC2A slight and superficial knowledge of something.
  • smear/smɪə(ɹ)/verbB22 meaningsTo spread something greasy across a surface.
  • smell/smɛl/verbA24 meaningsTo notice something through your nose.
  • smelt/smɛlt/verbC12 meaningsTo melt ore in order to get the metal out.