Counter is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for COUNTER in dictionary:

VERB:
• to oppose
• speak or act in opposition to
• respond to hostile speech or action
• give a return blow while parrying
• A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
• One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
• A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
• Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
• A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
• A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
• A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
• Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
• In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
• At or against the front or face.
• The after part of a vessel\'s body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
• Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
• The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
• The back leather or heel part of a boot.
• To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
• speak in response
• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
• oppose, retaliate against
NOUN:
• a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria.
• a worktop.
• a small disc used in board games for keeping the score or as a place marker.
• a token representing a coin.
• a factor used to give one party an advantage in negotiations
• a device used for counting
• a person who counts something, for example votes in an election.
• an apparatus used for counting individual ionizing particles or events.
• a thing which opposes or prevents something else
• an answer to an argument or criticism
• a blow given while parrying; a counterpunch.
• the curved part of the stern of a ship projecting aft above the waterline.
• the white space enclosed by a letter such as O or c.
• the back part of a shoe or boot, enclosing the heel.
• long flat surface in a bank or shop
• An encounter.
• table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
• game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
• a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
• a person who counts things
• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
• (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
• a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
• a return punch (especially by a boxer)
ADVERB:
• in the opposite direction or in opposition to
• in the opposite direction
ADJECTIVE:
• responding to something of the same kind, especially in opposition
• Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
• indicating opposition or resistance

Words related to COUNTER

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Words that contain COUNTER

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How to use COUNTER in a sentence

• One of them was behind the counter when I walked into the place.
• Look at her now! there she is back at the ribbon counter.
• After some exercise in ENGAGE, ENGAGE LEFT, and COUNTER, exercises will be given in the assaults.
• As for Joe, he had never seen anything like this girl across the counter.
• An advocate in the north of England has a finer scope, because the people like to move counter to authority.
• What, for a counter, would I do but good? DUKE SENIOR.
• He stooped rapidly below the counter, then pushed the three cups of coffee towards the detective.
• The Lacedaemonians thereupon fitted out and despatched a counter fleet, with Nicolochus in command, an officer of consummate boldness.
• We will sit behind the counter, drink our glass of tea, and chat.
• First he collided with a counter running across from side to side.
• On our left our troops advanced against the German 26th Reserve Corps near Passchendaele, and were met by a determined counter offensive, which was driven back with great loss.
• You are allowed to jump one counter over the next one to a vacant hole beyond, just as in the game of draughts, and the counter jumped over is immediately taken off the board.
• As this did not succeed, a second party began a counter demonstration in another quarter.
• He hoped the young women who were watching him from behind the counter, would think he enjoyed them.
• The marquis de Castanaga, governor of the Spanish Netherlands, issued a counter declaration to that of Louis, who had declared against his master.
• In both these opinions he ran counter to the prevailing views of his time.
• I stopped a moment at the counter and opened the book.
• Or again, in the shop, a sudden radiance in the doorway, and she is bowed towards the Manchester counter.
• Once more at the station, she gave the cabman all the change which she had received at the hotel counter.
• He advanced to the counter and asked for a glass of brandy.
• When you figure out what life is go 180 degrees counter to it and there you will be at death.
• Instead of emptying the bottle into a glass on the counter he performed that service underneath the counter.
• The answers were given purposely in a low tone, and the girl laid on the counter several papers from a little black bag at her waist.
• I waited on these girls myself, and noticed they never left their stand at the counter.
• Noiselessly he hung up his cap on the nail above the big calendar back of the counter.
• A lantern hung in the middle, turned low, and by its light he could see the shelves, with their shining rows of shells, and the glass counter with the sea-jewelry.

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