Joss

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  • noun. A Chinese image in a shrine.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A Chinese god or idol.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
  • noun. a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship.
  • noun. a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burned by the Chinese before an idol.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
  • noun. Luck.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
    • Word Usage
    "It's a wise idea to think about how disaster-prone an area may be before retiring there, but no matter what we do, there's the "joss" factor."
    Form
    joss stick  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    God  graven image  idol  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cos  Cross  Ross  across  boss  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Jessamyn  Popsicle  applewood  beefsteak  blackthorn  
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