DICTOMETER

SCOTCH

1. Synonyms:
   • Score
   • Scotch
   Definitions:
   • a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Scotch
   • Scotch whiskey
   • Scotch whisky
   • Malt whiskey
   • Malt whisky
   • Scotch malt whiskey
   • Scotch malt whisky
   Definitions:
   • whiskey distilled in Scotland
   • especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Thwart
   • Queer
   • Spoil
   • Scotch
   • Foil
   • Cross
   • Frustrate
   • Baffle
   • Bilk
   Definitions:
   • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
   Examples:
   • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
   • Foil your opponent
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Scotch
   Definitions:
   • make a small cut or score into
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Scots
   • Scottish
   • Scotch
   Definitions:
   • of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
   Examples:
   • Scots Gaelic
   • The Scots community in New York
   • `Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'
   • `Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'
   Antonyms:
   • Wasteful
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Economical
   • Frugal
   • Scotch
   • Sparing
   • Stinting
   Definitions:
   • avoiding waste
   Examples:
   • An economical meal
   • An economical shopper
   • A frugal farmer
   • A frugal lunch
   • A sparing father and a spending son
   • Sparing in their use of heat and light
   • Stinting in bestowing gifts
   • Thrifty because they remember the great Depression
   • `scotch' is used only informally