Word Meaning

Meaning of "counters" and the crossword clue

- A bar
- Bench
- Hit back
- Kitchen feature; reverse
- Shop fitting
- Work surface
- Do they check how many drinks you’ve had in bars?
- Opposes those involved in stocktaking?
- A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
- One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
- A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
- Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
- A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
- Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
- In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
- At or against the front or face.
- Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
- The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
- The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- The back leather or heel part of a boot.
- An encounter.
- To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.