See Also: combinatory(dictionary)

hockey (oh) and combinatory (iou)


hockey (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French hoquet 'curved stick used by shepherds', from hoc 'hook']
BrE a game played on grass by two teams of 11 players, with sticks and a ball
American Equivalent: field Hockey
glove, ice skate, puck
AmE a game similar to Hockey, but played on ice
British Equivalent: ice Hockey

combinatory (iou)



combinatory adjective. M17.
[from COMBINATION + -ORY1.]
1. = COMBINATIVE 1. M17.
2. Logic. Designating or pertaining to a branch of symbolic logic concerned esp. with substitution and elimination of variables. E20.
combinatorics noun the study of possible combinations or configurations M20.