MEDIUM

ME ·DIUM 2 syllables

A2 · Elementary 📏 6 letters 🎲 Scrabble 11 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
  2. the surrounding environment
  3. an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
  4. (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

💬 Examples

  • "fish require an aqueous medium"
  • "the dissolving medium is called a solvent"
  • "a middle position"
  • "a happy medium"

🔗 Similar words

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adjective
  1. around the middle of a scale of evaluation
  2. (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside

💬 Examples

  • "an orange of average size"
  • "intermediate capacity"

🔗 Similar words

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