rummy¹ /rumˈi/

A card game in which players try to collect sequences or sets of three or four cards of the same kind

rum¹ /rum/

1. A spirit distilled from fermented sugar-cane juice or from molasses
2. Intoxicating drink generally (N American)

rumˈbo noun (pl rumˈbos)

Rum punch

rummˈy adjective

rum baba noun

Baba au rhum (see under baba)

rum blossom or rum bud noun

A pimple on the nose

rum butter noun

A mixture of butter and sugar with rum, etc

rum punch noun

Punch made with rum

rumˈ-runner noun (historical)

A person involved in smuggling alcohol into the USA during Prohibition, esp by boat

rumˈ-running noun

rum shop noun

rum shrub noun

A liqueur of rum, sugar, lime or lemon juice, etc

rum² /rum/

1. Good (obs sl)
2. Queer, droll, odd, strange (slang)

A strange person

rumˈly adverb

rummˈily adverb

rummˈiness noun

rummˈish adjective

rummˈy adjective

rumˈness noun

• saltcellars
• saltchuck
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• salt-cotes
• salt dome
• salt domes
• salt down
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• salt eel
• salter
• saltern
• salterns
• salters
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• salt-fat
• saltfish
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• salt flat
• salt flats
• salt-foot
• salt glaze
• salt-glazed
• salt glazes
• salt glazing