culture : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- aegean culture
- clovis culture
- cranberry culture
- Culture fluid
- culture medium
- culture shock
- cycladic culture
- drip culture
- Fish culture
- folsom culture
- helladic culture
- kalashnikov culture
- mass culture
- minoan culture
- mosaic culture
- mycenaean culture
- paleo-american culture
- paleo-amerind culture
- paleo-indian culture
- prehistoric culture
- Row culture
- self-culture
- western culture
- youth culture
aegean culture
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noun the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries
Aegean civilisation; Aegean civilization.
- by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery
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clovis culture
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noun the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony
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cranberry culture
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noun the cultivation of cranberries
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Culture fluid
- a fluid in which the germs of microscopic organisms are made to develop, either for purposes of study or as a means of modifying their virulence.
Webster 1913
culture medium
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noun (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
medium.
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culture shock
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noun a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes
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cycladic culture
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noun the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC
Cycladic civilisation; Cycladic civilization; Cyclades.
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drip culture
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noun a hydroponic method of growing plants by allowing nutrient solutions to drip slowly onto an inert medium in which the plants are growing
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Fish culture
- the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture.
Webster 1913
folsom culture
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noun the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf
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helladic culture
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noun the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC
Helladic civilisation; Helladic civilization.
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kalashnikov culture
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noun the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms
- the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan
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mass culture
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noun the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media
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minoan culture
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noun the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC
Minoan civilization; Minoan civilisation.
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mosaic culture
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noun a highly diverse culture
- the city's mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts
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mycenaean culture
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noun the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC
Mycenaean civilisation; Mycenaean civilization.
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paleo-american culture
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noun the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America
Paleo-Amerind culture; Paleo-American culture.
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paleo-amerind culture
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noun the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America
Paleo-Amerind culture; Paleo-American culture.
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paleo-indian culture
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noun the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America
Paleo-Amerind culture; Paleo-American culture.
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prehistoric culture
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noun the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
prehistory.
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Row culture
(Agric.) , the practice of cultivating crops in drills.
Webster 1913
self-culture
Self`-cul"ture noun
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Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts.
Webster 1913
western culture
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noun the modern culture of western Europe and North America
Western civilization.
- when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea
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youth culture
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noun young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture