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canary

ca·nar·y
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuh-nair-ee]
    • /kəˈnɛər i/
    • /kəˈneə.ri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-nair-ee]
    • /kəˈnɛər i/

Definitions of canary word

  • countable noun canary Canaries are small yellow birds which sing beautifully and are often kept as pets. 3
  • noun canary a small finch, Serinus canaria, of the Canary Islands and Azores: a popular cagebird noted for its singing. Wild canaries are streaked yellow and brown, but most domestic breeds are pure yellow 3
  • noun canary a convict 3
  • noun canary a sweet wine from the Canary Islands similar to Madeira 3
  • noun canary a small, yellow finch (Serinus canaria) native to the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Azores 3
  • noun canary canary yellow 3
See all 31 definitions of canary

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Origin of canary

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
1585-95; < Spanish (Isla) Canaria < Latin Canāria (insula) Dog (Island), equivalent to can(is) dog + -āria, feminine of -ārius -ary

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Parts of speech for Canary

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Canary

canary popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for canary

adj canary

  • lemon — the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
  • straw — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
  • nude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
  • ecru — very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.
  • bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.

noun canary

  • squealer — a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.
  • rat — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
  • stoolie — a pigeon used as a decoy.
  • snake — any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
  • snitch — to snatch or steal; pilfer.

verb canary

  • serenade — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
  • chant — A chant is a word or group of words that is repeated over and over again.
  • warble — to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
  • whistle — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • shout — to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
All 144 Synonyms of canary

Antonyms for canary

adj canary

  • clothed — If you are clothed in a certain way, you are dressed in that way.

verb canary

  • conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • mumble — to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
  • hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
  • refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
  • withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
All 9 Antonyms of canary

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Related words

  • canary grass

    any of various grasses of the genus Phalaris, esp P. canariensis, that is native to Europe and N Africa and has straw-coloured seeds used as birdseed

  • canary yellow

    Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.

  • common canary

    See under canary (def 1).

  • gran canaria

    one of the Canary Islands, in the central part. 650 sq. mi. (1685 sq. km). Capital: Las Palmas.

  • reed canary grass

    any of various grasses of the genus Phalaris, as P. canariensis, native to the Canary Islands, bearing seed used as food for cage birds, or P. arundinacea (reed canary grass) used throughout the Northern Hemisphere as fodder.

  • african plate

    a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the African continent as well as adjacent ocean basins (the Canary, Cape Verde, Angola, Cape Agulhas, Somali, Madagascar, and Natal Basins), and bounded on the north by the Eurasian and Arabian Plates, on the east by mid-ocean ridges (the Southwest Indian, Mid-Indian, and Carlsberg Ridges), on the south by the Antarctic Plate, and on the west by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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