| counter | |
| 1. n. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. | |
| He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces. | |
| 2. n. (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones. | |
| 3. n. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured. | |
| He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till. | |
| 4. n. One who counts, or reckons up; a reckoner. | |
| He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100. | |
| 5. n. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. | |
| 6. n. (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a Counter. | |
| 7. n. (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in | |
| 8. n. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, whereon various food preparations take place. | |
| 9. n. In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin. | |
| 10. n. (wrestling) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent. | |
| Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent. | |
| 11. n. (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph. | |
| 12. n. (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count. | |
| 13. n. (Internet) A hit counter. | |
| 14. adv. Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction. | |
| 15. n. (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline. | |
| 16. n. The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot). | |
| 17. v. To contradict, oppose. | |
| 18. v. (boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. | |
| 19. v. To take action in response to; to respond. | |
| 20. adj. Contrary or opposing | |
| His carrying a knife was counter to my plan. | |
| 21. adv. In opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise. | |
| 22. adv. In the wrong way; contrary to the right course. | |
| a hound that runs counter | |
| 23. adv. At or against the front or face. | |
| 24. n. (obsolete) An encounter. | |
| 25. n. (nautical) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. | |
| 26. n. (music) alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor. | |
| 27. n. The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. | |
| 28. n. The back leather or heel part of a boot. | |
| 29. n. (typography) The area of a letter that is entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol. | |
