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Word entry · 9 letters

elaborate

Best crossword clue

"Highly detailed"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈlæb.(ə.)ɹət/Part of speech verb, adjectiveSorted aabeelortStarts with EEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. work out in detail

Word origin

1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.

Used in a sentence

  • After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.
  • I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.
  • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Highly detailed9 letters
02Give more detail9 letters

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