pet

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pet
pɛt Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure.
    E.g. the pony was a family pet
verb
  • stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately.
    E.g. the cats came to be petted
noun
  • a fit of sulking or ill humour.
    E.g. Mother's in a pet
PET
piːiːˈtiː Listen
Meanings
abbreviation
  • polyethylene terephthalate.
  • positron emission tomography, a form of tomography used especially for brain scans.
Pet.
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Meanings
abbreviation
  • Peter (in biblical references).
polyethylene terephthalate
ˌtɛrəfˈθaleɪt Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a synthetic resin made by copolymerizing ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid, widely used to make polyester fibres.

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