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There are 5 words in our dictionary that contain the exact sequence 'bash'. You can browse them all using the list above.

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Some common words containing 'bash' include Abash, Abashment, Earbash. These words are frequently used in everyday English communication.

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Abash Verb Abashment Noun Earbash Verb Tabasheer Noun Tabashir Noun

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1. Which of the following is the correct verb form of 'abashment'?

Abase Abash Abate Abashify

2. How is 'tabasheer' pronounced?

ta-bash-EER TAB-a-sheer-ee TAB-uh-sheer tuh-BAY-sheer

3. Why do several spellings of this word survive?

Printers disagreed about fashion The substance has no fixed name Different bamboos need different names The word traveled through several languages, each writing the sound its own way

4. Tabasheer belongs to the same mineral family as:

Quartz and opal Salt and pepper Iron and copper Chalk and limestone

5. Which phrase is grammatically correct?

Two tabasheers Two grains of tabasheer Two tabasheer's A tabasheer of rice

6. Which nickname belongs to tabashir?

Green gold Fool's gold Sea salt Vegetable opal

7. In traditional medicine, tabasheer served mainly as:

A wound salve A cooling tonic and febrifuge A sleep aid A toothache cure

8. Which preposition is used to introduce the topic of an earbashing?

on with about for

9. Which word is the best modern, everyday synonym for 'abash'?

Embarrass Encourage Anger Confuse

10. Where does tabasheer form?

In river gravel In volcanic caves In oak bark In the hollow joints of certain bamboos

11. Why should you avoid using 'abash' in casual conversation?

It is considered a swear word. It is highly formal and literary. It means something offensive. It is too short.

12. What is the difference between 'abash' and 'abase'?

They mean the same thing. Abash is physical, abase is mental. Abash is sudden embarrassment; abase is severe humiliation or lowering status. Abash is positive; abase is negative.

13. How is the word 'abash' correctly pronounced?

AY-bash uh-BAYSH uh-BASH AB-ash

14. How many syllables does the word 'earbash' have?

One Two Three Four

15. Who described tabasheer to the Royal Society around 1790?

Charles Darwin Carl Linnaeus Edmund McIlhenny Sir Joseph Banks

16. What is tabashir made of?

Mostly hydrated silica Ground sugar Crushed pearl Volcanic ash

17. Which word sounds like tabasheer but is completely unrelated?

Banslochan Silica Tabatiere Tabasco

18. Which of the following is an antonym (opposite) of 'abash'?

Disconcert Mortify Embarrass Encourage

19. Which of the following is an American idiom with the same meaning as 'earbash'?

Talk someone's ear off Bite the bullet Chew the fat Spill the beans

20. Where does the stress fall in 'tabashir'?

First syllable Second syllable Third syllable All syllables equally

21. What is 'tabashir'?

A spice from India A kind of silk A hot sauce A variant spelling of 'tabasheer,' the silica deposit that forms inside bamboo

22. Which word is the best modern, everyday synonym for 'abashment'?

Embarrassment Anger Pride Confusion

23. What is the stress pattern of 'tabasheer'?

ta-ba-SHEER ta-BA-sheer TAB-uh-sheer TAB-a-SHEER

24. How is the word 'abashment' correctly pronounced?

AY-bash-ment uh-BAYSH-ment uh-BASH-ment AB-ash-ment

25. What does the noun 'abashment' mean?

A physical lowering A sudden state of embarrassment or awkwardness A type of basement A feeling of deep anger

26. Is 'earbash' used in formal writing?

Yes, always Only in academic papers No, it is slang Only in legal documents

27. What is the noun form of 'earbash'?

Earbasher Earbashment Earbashing Earbashity

28. How is 'earbash' spelled correctly?

Ear-bash Earbashe Earbash Earrbash

29. What does the verb 'abash' mean?

To physically strike someone To make someone feel suddenly embarrassed To praise someone highly To lower someone's social rank

30. Which sentence uses 'abashment' grammatically correctly?

I kept my laundry in the abashment. She felt a sudden sense of abashment. He had three abashments today. The abashment of the currency was bad.

31. Which name do South Asian markets use for tabasheer?

Banslochan Tabasco Manna bread Opaline

32. Where did the word 'earbash' originate?

United States Australia Canada South Africa

33. Which sentence treats the word correctly?

Two tabashirs, please. Tabashir are found in oak trees. Grains of tabashir gleamed in the jar. She tabashired the mixture.

34. What does the slang verb 'earbash' mean?

To physically hit someone's ear To listen carefully To talk at someone incessantly and tediously To clean an ear with a swab

35. Where does tabashir form?

Inside oak galls In riverbeds In the hollow joints of certain bamboos In limestone caves

36. Which part of speech is 'earbash'?

Noun Adjective Intransitive Verb Transitive Verb

37. Is 'abashment' a countable or uncountable noun?

Countable Uncountable Only plural Only singular

38. From which language does the word 'abash' originate?

Greek Latin Old French German

39. Which spelling would an old trade ledger be most likely to use?

Tabascheer Tabashir Tabbasheer Tabashirr

40. Which language gave English the word?

Norse Hindi-Urdu, through Arabic and Persian trade Celtic Japanese

41. Which sentence uses 'abash' grammatically correctly?

I felt an abash. He stood abashed by the praise. She is abashing about her mistake. The news abash him.

42. Which sentence uses 'earbash' correctly?

He earbashed beautifully. We had a pleasant earbash. She earbashed me about her cats. He is an earbash.

43. How does 'tabashir' differ from 'tabasheer'?

They are different substances Same word and substance, different spelling They are pronounced differently Tabashir is the plural of tabasheer

44. What does the literary phrase 'nothing abashed' mean?

Completely humiliated Slightly confused Not embarrassed at all Very angry

45. What is tabasheer made of, mostly?

Calcium carbonate Hydrated silica Dried sap Ground pearl

46. Which of the following is the most common form of 'abash' used in modern English?

The active verb (He abashes me) The noun (He felt an abash) The past participle/adjective (He was abashed) The adverb (He spoke abashingly)