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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ce•res (sēr′ēz),USA pronunciation n. - Mythologya pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Astronomythe first asteroid to be discovered, being the largest and one of the brightest.
- Place Namesa town in central California. 13,281.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cere1 (sēr),USA pronunciation n. [Ornith.]- Birdsa fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, esp. a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Latin
- Medieval Latin cēra literally, wax
- earlier sere, spelling, spelled variant of *cere 1480–90
cered, adj. cere′less, adj. cere2 (sēr),USA pronunciation v.t., cered, cer•ing. - [Archaic.]to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, esp. a corpse.
- [Obs.]to wax.
- Latin cērāre to wax, verb, verbal derivative of cēra wax
- late Middle English ceren 1375–1425
Cer.E., - Ceramic Engineer.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Ceres /ˈsɪəriːz/ n - the Roman goddess of agriculture
Greek counterpart: Demeter
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cere /sɪə/ n - a soft waxy swelling, containing the nostrils, at the base of the upper beak in such birds as the parrot
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French cire wax, from Latin cēra |