This week’s theme
Words used metaphorically

This week’s words
papier-mache
sough
woolgathering
scabby
flagship



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Next week’s theme
Words coined after buildings and venues

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(FLAG-ship)

MEANING:

noun:
1. A ship that carries the fleet commander and flies the commander’s flag.
2. The best or the most important of a group of things.

ETYMOLOGY:

From flag, of obscure origin + ship, from Old English scip. Earliest documented use: 1672.

NOTES:

The word flagship is often used attributively, for example, a flagship store, a flagship university, etc. An attributive noun is a noun that describes another noun, for example, the word table in tablecloth.

USAGE:

“I was capitalising on my success as a business owner by opening a flagship shop for my leather bags for men and women.”
Rosa Temple; Playing for Keeps; HarperCollins; 2018.

See more usage examples of flagship in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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