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cormorant

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cormorant.

Editorial note

To claim that the water is clean you would need to show chemical analysis, not photos of a cormorant in a sunny day.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

(figuratively, also attributively, archaic) A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(figuratively, also attributively, archaic) A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.

noun

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

adjective

(archaic) Voracious; aggressively greedy.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cormorant.

noun

(figuratively, also attributively, archaic) A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.

noun

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

adjective

(archaic) Voracious; aggressively greedy.

Example sentences

1

To claim that the water is clean you would need to show chemical analysis, not photos of a cormorant in a sunny day.

2

The mainland European Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) has a head that gets progressively whiter as birds age.

3

I wouldn't call Baru Cormorant series a sci-fi, it's more like a fantasy genre, admittedly less of magic and such.

4

The common cormorant (or shag) lays eggs inside a paper bag [1].

5

Knowing all that, I even considered typesetting a paperback in Cormorant Garamond, and I was surprisingly pleased with the results.

6

I loved seeing pelicans dive under while I was snorkeling, being 40' under water and seeing a cormorant would be incredible.

7

This looks about right, comparing the google fonts pages [1,2]; however, Cormorant wasn’t really designed to work well at those sizes.

8

A pocket calculator can perform arithmetic, as can a Python program, or for that matter a Japanese cormorant, who counts the fish it helps you catch.

9

I don’t remember what we ultimately chose, but Cormorant Garamond was a strong contender.

10

From the typeface’s Behance page [0]: > Cormorant is an original design for an extravagant display serif typeface inspired by the Garamond heritage, hand-drawn and produced by Catharsis Fonts.

11

(source for cost: Cormorant Alpha shutdown in 2013) Edit: misplaced parenthesis => my first number was way off, $70 000 vs $100.

12

The author did want the type quite large on that book, though, to the point where other Garamonds looked a bit 'sludgy' – what the Cormorant designer calls 'clumpy and inelegant'.

Quote examples

1

"cormorant of books" what a great metaphor (unless I misunderstand something there); I think I'll use this myself in the future.

2

I made a search for "big black sea bird with a name that starts with c" today, and the quick summary helped in a few seconds that Cormorant was the category I was trying to remember.

3

He then went on to write The Traitor Baru Cormorant, which I enjoyed a lot, and more recently Exordia - which is amusingly similar in themes and specific plot elements to the Book of Sorrow and really feels like Seth went "wait I wasn't done with that yet".

Proper noun examples

1

Cormorant fishing hasn't been used in decades, so instead the fishermen charge and pose for photos for tourists.

2

In the comments, the font’s creator states: > As for a text version of Cormorant, that's basically covered by EB Garamond already...

3

I have never eaten Cormorant's flesh, and intend to refrain from tasting it until nothing better can be procured.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cormorant in a sentence?

To claim that the water is clean you would need to show chemical analysis, not photos of a cormorant in a sunny day.

What does cormorant mean?

(figuratively, also attributively, archaic) A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.

What part of speech is cormorant?

cormorant is commonly used as noun, adjective.