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

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  • food chainnounB2The order in which living things eat one another.
  • food criticnounB2A writer who judges restaurants in public.
  • foolishness/ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/nounB2Behaviour that shows no sense.
  • footage/ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/nounB22 meaningsRecorded moving pictures.
  • foothold/ˈfʊthoʊld/nounB2+2 meaningsThe small ledge a climber puts a foot on.
  • force/fɔːs/verb
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  • forecast/ˈfɔːkɑːst/nounB23 meaningsA statement of what the weather will do.
  • foreign exchangenounB2The business of turning one currency into another.
  • foreigner/ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/nounB2A person from another country.
  • foreman/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/nounB22 meaningsThe worker in charge of a crew on a site or a factory floor.
  • forensics/fəˈɹɛn.zɪks/nounB2The science of examining traces left at a crime.
  • forge/fɔːd͡ʒ/nounC13 meaningsThe hearth or workshop where metal is heated and beaten.
  • forgery/ˈfɔː.dʒəɹ.ɪ/nounB2+2 meaningsThe crime of making fake documents, money or signatures.
  • forget-me-not/fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/nounB2A small plant with pale blue flowers.
  • forgiveness/fəˈɡɪvnəs/nounB2Letting go of the right to stay angry.
  • fork/fɔːk/nounA24 meaningsThe eating tool with a handle and three or four sharp points.
  • forklift/ˈfɔɹklɪft/nounB2A small truck with prongs that lifts pallets.
  • form/fɔːm/nounA15 meaningsA printed sheet with spaces for information.
  • formation/fɔːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/nounB22 meaningsAn ordered arrangement.
  • formula/ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/nounB1+4 meaningsA rule written in symbols and numbers for working something out.
  • fortress/ˈfoɹ.tɹɪs/nounB2A large strongly defended building.
  • foster parentnounB2Somebody who raises a child not born to them, for a time.
  • foul/faʊl/nounB24 meaningsAn action against the rules in a sport.
  • foundation/ˌfaʊ̯nˈdeɪ̯ʃən/nounB24 meaningsThe solid base a building stands on.
  • fowl/faʊl/nounB2A bird kept for its meat and eggs.
  • fraction/ˈfɹæk.ʃən/nounB23 meaningsA number that expresses a part of a whole, written as one number over another.
  • fracture/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/nounB24 meaningsA break or crack, especially in a bone.
  • fragment/ˈfɹæɡmənt/<q:noun>nounB2+2 meaningsA small piece broken off something larger.
  • frame/ˈfɹeɪ̯m/nounB15 meaningsThe rigid structure that surrounds or supports something, such as a picture, a window, a bicycle or a building.
  • frame of mind/fɹɛɪːm ʌv maɪːnd/nounB2The mood you happen to be thinking in.
  • framework/ˈfɹeɪm.wɜːk/nounB23 meaningsA set of ideas, rules or principles that something is built on or judged against.
  • framing/ˈfɹeɪmɪŋ/nounB23 meaningsThe choice of what to include in a picture and what to leave out.
  • fraud/ˈfɹɔːd/nounB22 meaningsThe crime of tricking people out of their money.
  • fraud alertnounB2A warning that suspicious spending was seen.
  • fraudster/ˈfɹɔdstɚ/nounB2A person who cheats others out of money by deception.
  • freak/fɹiːk/nounB22 meaningsSomething wildly abnormal.
  • freelance/ˈfɹiːlɑːns/adjectiveB2+3 meaningsEarning a living by selling your work to different clients rather than working for a single employer.
  • freestyle/ˈfɹiːˌstaɪl/nounB2+4 meaningsA swimming race in which any stroke is allowed, so almost everyone swims front crawl.
  • freeze/ˈfɹiːz/verbB16 meaningsTo turn to ice, or to become hard and solid, in the cold.
  • freeze framenounB2A single moment held still on screen.
  • freight/fɹeɪt/nounB2Goods carried in bulk.
  • freight trainnounB2A train that carries goods, not people.
  • freight yardnounB2Where goods are loaded and unloaded.
  • french hornnounB2A brass instrument of coiled tubing with a wide bell.
  • frenzy/ˈfɹɛnzi/nounB2A state of wild uncontrolled excitement.
  • frequency/ˈfɹiːkwənsi/nounB22 meaningsHow many times per second a wave repeats.
  • frequent flyernounB2A traveller who collects points from an airline.
  • fret/fɹɛt/verbB22 meaningsTo worry continually over small things.
  • friction/ˈfɹɪkʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe rubbing force that resists sliding.
  • friendly/ˈfɹɛnd.li/adjectiveA15 meaningsBehaving in a warm and open way towards other people.
  • frill/fɹɪl/nounB2+3 meaningsA gathered or pleated strip of cloth sewn on as decoration.
  • fringe/fɹɪnd͡ʒ/nounB1+2 meaningsHair cut straight across the forehead.
  • fritter/ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)/verbB2+2 meaningsTo waste money or time in small amounts.
  • front/fɹʌnt/nounA16 meaningsThe side or part of something that faces forward.
  • front crawl/ˌfɹʌntˈkɹɑːl/nounB2A fast stroke of alternate overarm reaches.
  • frontier/ˈfɹʌntɪə/nounB2The border of a country, or the edge of what is known.
  • frontlinenounB2The place where the fighting actually happens.
  • frostbitenounB2Injury to body tissue caused by freezing.
  • frown/ˈfɹaʊ̯n/verbB13 meaningsTo pull your eyebrows together and down, showing worry, disapproval or hard thinking.
  • fruit/fɹuːt/nounA12 meaningsThe sweet seed-bearing part of a plant, eaten as food.