Word
Offset
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
off-set
Definition
- n. - In general, that which is set off, from, before, or
against, something
- n. - A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a
tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.
- n. - A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or
account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange
or retaliation; a set-off.
- n. - A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- n. - A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a
diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a
part built out from it; -- called also set-off.
- n. - A short distance measured at right angles from a line
actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
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