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FARCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Synonyms:
farce; farce comedy; travesty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("farce" is a kind of...):
comedy (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)
Derivation:
farcical (broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
Synonyms:
farce; forcemeat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("farce" is a kind of...):
dressing; stuffing (a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables)
Derivation:
farce (fill with a stuffing while cooking)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fill with a stuffing while cooking
Example:
Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
Synonyms:
farce; stuff
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "farce" is one way to...):
fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
Verb group:
stuff (fill tightly with a material)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
Derivation:
farce (mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs)
