abacuses

We have found lemma(root) word of abacuses : abacus.

Definitions


[ˈabəkəs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a simple device for calculating, consisting of a frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid
(e.g: at these schools children worked on an abacus to learn basic mathematics)

- the flat slab on top of a capital, supporting the architrave


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a board strewn with sand on which to draw figures): from Latin, from Greek abax, abak- ‘slab, drawing board’, of Semitic origin; probably related to Hebrew 'āḇāq ‘dust’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries