noun Download 🔗Share (collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.) Examples : "The farmer gathered fagots from the forest floor to use for starting the fire in his hearth. " fuel material item plant agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Burdensome baggage. Examples : "The student's heavy backpack, filled with textbooks and notebooks, was a real fagot to carry home every day. " suffering situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding. Examples : "The blacksmith gathered the fagots of steel, ready to heat and hammer them into a strong axe head. " material industry technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A burning or smouldering piece of firewood. Examples : "The fire was fueled by a pile of dry fagots. " material fuel Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.) Examples : "My grandfather always makes delicious fagots using a recipe passed down from his family. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An annoying or inconsiderate person. Examples : "Please be aware that the word "fagots" is an offensive slur. While I am providing a sentence as requested, please understand that using this word is harmful and should be avoided. Those fagots parked across three spaces again! " person character attitude negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shrewish woman. person character attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one. person human sex attitude society culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A man considered weak, effeminate, timid, pathetic, emotional, non-heteronormative in some way Examples : "Some bullies at school called him "fagots" because he enjoyed art and theater. " person character attitude society culture language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A soldier numbered on the muster-roll, but not really existing. Examples : "The general suspected the army's roster was inflated with fagots to secure more funding. " military war history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile. Examples : "The blacksmith heated the fagots of iron in the forge, preparing to hammer them into a strong, single bar. " material industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fagotto, or bassoon. Examples : "The orchestra included two fagots, adding a rich, woody tone to the music. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company. Examples : "During the war, some men sent fagots to the muster, paying others to take their place in the company. " military job history person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading