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• bea|ver|board — «BEE vuhr BRD, BOHRD», noun. 1. a lightweight material somewhat like very thick, strong cardboard, used for ceilings, partitions, and other building needs. 2. Beaverboard. a trademark for this material …   Useful english dictionary

• bea|ver|ette — «BEE vuh REHT», noun. an imitation beaver fur …   Useful english dictionary

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• ea|ger-bea|ver — eager beaver, U.S. Informal. an overly hardworking, ambitious, or enthusiastic person: »An eager beaver with a fever to achieve can leave his rut and cut a wide swath by investing $5,000 and his talent in a distributorship (Wall Street Journal).… …   Useful english dictionary

• bea´ver|like´ — …   Useful english dictionary

• bea — bea·con·age; bea·con·ite; bea·con·less; bea·con·ry; bea·del; bea·dle; bea·dle·dom; bea·gler; bea·gling; bea·ver·ette; bea·ver·ite; bea·ver·teen; bea·very; por·bea·gle; tra·bea; bea·con; bea·gle; bea·ver; …   English syllables

• ver — ace·to·ver·a·trone; ad·ver·sar·ia; ad·ver·sa·tive; ad·ver·si·ty; ad·ver·sive; ad·ver·tis·a·ble; ad·ver·tise; ad·ver·tise·ment; ad·ver·tis·er; ai·ver; al·ka·ver·vir; all o·ver·ish; am·bi·ver·sion; an·do·ver; an·i·mad·ver·sion; an·ni·ver·sa·ry;… …   English syllables

• beaver — bea·ver …   English syllables

• beaver — bea|ver1 [ bivər ] noun 1. ) count a small North American animal that has a wide flat tail and thick fur. Beavers cut down trees with their teeth and build DAMS (=walls) across streams. 2. ) uncount the fur of a beaver, used for making clothes… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Beaverbrook,First Baron — Bea·ver·brook (bēʹvər bro͝ok ), First Baron Originally William Maxwell Aitken. 1879 1964. Canadian born British publisher, financier, and politician. He founded his press empire on the Daily Express (1916) and the Evening Standard (1923), held… …   Universalium