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cameo — has a plural cameos. In its meaning ‘a small character part in a play or film’, it is used mainly attributively, as in cameo part, cameo role, etc.: • Rather than play these zonking great parts…I will try to find some dazzling little cameo roles… … Modern English usage
part — [n1] piece, portion of something allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient,… … New thesaurus
cameo — 16c., camuse, camfeo, etc. (from early 13c. in Anglo L.), carved precious stone with two layers of colors, from It. cammeo (13c.), from M.L. cammæus, of unknown origin, perhaps ultimately from Arabic qamaa il flower buds, or Pers. chumahan agate … Etymology dictionary
cameo — ► NOUN (pl. cameos) 1) a piece of jewellery consisting of a portrait in profile carved in relief on a background of a different colour. 2) a short piece of writing which neatly encapsulates something. 3) a small distinctive part played by a… … English terms dictionary
Cameo — For the brief appearance see Cameo appearance. : For the chemical emergency software , see Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations. : For other uses, see Cameo (disambiguation). Cameo is a method of carving, or an item of jewellery or… … Wikipedia
Cameo appearance — A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games [Michael Donahue, Forced Guests: Cameos that make us sceam Yessss! in… … Wikipedia
Cameo (band) — Infobox musical artist | Name = Cameo Img capt = Img size = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = New York City, USA Instrument = Genre = R B / funk / soul / disco, electro Occupation = Singer Songwriter / Producer / Musician Years active … Wikipedia
cameo — /kam ee oh /, n., pl. cameos. 1. a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low relief design of another color. 2. a gem or other stone so… … Universalium
Cameo Murders — Infobox Book name = The Cameo Murders title orig = translator = image caption = author = Barry Shortall illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Crime, crime, Fact publisher = Bluecoat Press… … Wikipedia
cameo — UK [ˈkæmɪəʊ] / US [ˈkæmɪˌoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms cameo : singular cameo plural cameos 1) theatre, cinema a small part played by a well known actor in a film or play a cameo role/appearance/performance 2) a piece of jewellery with a raised … English dictionary
