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rick

noun

Definition of ricknext
as in pyramid

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Recent Examples of rick Wilderness Trail takes their time with everything, from using sweet mash (instead of the usual sour mash) to aging their whiskey in lower warehouse ricks for better flavor development. — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rick
  1. pyramid
  2. bed
  3. layer
Noun
  • Reporting such a poll during a presidential and congressional election year is speech about a matter of public concern, occupying the summit of the pyramid of First Amendment values.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • One fellow at our company frames this challenge as an inverted pyramid.
    — Nacho De Marco, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of pyramid
Noun
  • Swift is a ghost of girlfriends past haunting Johnson in the video, sleeping in bed next to her, knocking drinks over to warn her to leave her ominous partner.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
  • As cooler weather rolls in, now is the perfect time to add mulch to your garden beds.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of bed
Noun
  • The researchers studied electrons confined to a 70-nanometer-wide layer of gallium arsenide.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Spread the surface of the dough with a thin layer of the filling all the way to three of the edges, leaving a 1/4-inch strip of dough bare along the opposite short edge.
    — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of layer

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“Rick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rick. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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