horseshoe
IPA: hˈɔrsʃu
noun
- The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.
- The U shape of a horseshoe.
- (bodybuilding, slang) A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
- (logic) The symbol ⊃.
- (Midwestern US) An open-faced sandwich originating from Springfield, Illinois, consisting of thick-sliced toasted bread, often Texas toast, a hamburger patty, French fries, and a cheese sauce.
verb
- To apply horseshoes to (a horse).
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Examples of "horseshoe" in Sentences
- The horseshoe crab is an arthropod of the family Limulidae.
- But close only counts in horseshoes and communicable diseases.
- The site is a hibernation roost for the Greater Horseshoe bat.
- In the horseshoe map, the squeezing and stretching are uniform.
- Buckbarrow is an outlier of the southern branch of the horseshoe.
- The spectral colors are the horseshoe shape curve on the outside.
- The green is the outer golden horseshoe, the red is the inner core.
- On the ends of the horseshoe were stationed corvettes and fireships.
- At the junction of the arms of the horseshoe, the land is flat and marshy.
- The Horseshoe arched windows to the left are also part of the original facade.
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