spence

chiefly British dialect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spence
Noun
  • Your supermarket contains more products than the larders of the Ritz under Auguste Escoffier.
    Simon Boas July 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
  • Squirrels race around adding to their larders, but the chipmunks are nowhere to be seen yet.
    Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • When planetary scientists say the interior of Mars resembles a rocky road brownie more than a piece of buttery shortbread, the tasty metaphor masks billions of years of geological violence.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And while other pie crusts in our test tasted buttery, none were quite as lip-smacking as Kroger’s.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Wright’s boat, a 21-foot cuddy cabin, remains moored at dock, just like his fishing/mentoring ministry.
    Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Officials contacted people on the boat — described as a 30- to 35-foot-long cuddy cabin — and found 10 men and five women on board, according to a statement by the U.S. Border Patrol.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • Wide-mouth jars with screw-on lids for decanting pantry goods and for storing leftovers in the fridge.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the American pantry is a fast-changing jumble of contradictions and politics.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Spence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spence. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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