Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Standing or operating independently of anything else.
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- adjective
standing orset apart ; notattached to anything
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
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Examples
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It's an extraordinary site because it's freestanding, which is very unusual in the district.
unknown title 2011
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Not sure what it is called a freestanding piece that you can hang an outfit on and one little shelf.
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Anyway, one does tire of hearing Shakespeare used as some kind of freestanding indicator of literary knowledge.
Where's Shakespeare? 2007
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He brought it over and swung it open down the middle to make a kind of freestanding display.
Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur, 1957- 1997
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Tour guides brag about the Woodward Opera House, which is billed as the oldest "freestanding" opera theater in the country.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Tour guides brag about the Woodward Opera House, which is billed as the oldest "freestanding" opera theater in the country.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Tour guides brag about the Woodward Opera House, which is billed as the oldest "freestanding" opera theater in the country.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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All the better for testing out the tent's "freestanding" feature!
unknown title 2009
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The simplest raised beds are freestanding, meaning they are created by simply hoeing up soil to create a bed that†™ s higher than the surrounding soil.
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The simplest raised beds are freestanding, meaning they are created by simply hoeing up soil to create a bed that†™ s higher than the surrounding soil.
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