grizzly
[ griz-lee ]
noun,plural griz·zlies.
a device for screening ore, consisting of a row of iron or steel bars.
Origin of grizzly
1Words that may be confused with grizzly
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use grizzly in a sentence
Before the music of it died away the sergeant showed his hand, and death at its grizzliest grinned through the window.
The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. Gough
British Dictionary definitions for grizzly
grizzly
/ (ˈɡrɪzlɪ) /
adjective-zlier or -zliest
somewhat grey; grizzled
usage For grizzly
Grizzly is sometimes wrongly used where grisly is meant: a grisly (not grizzly) murder
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse