PATENT
Scrabble letter values: P3A1T1E1N1T1 = 8
Definition
- noun a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention. — synonyms: patent_of_invention
- noun an official document granting a right or privilege. — synonyms: letters_patent
- adjective (of a bodily tube or passageway) open.
- adjective clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. — synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, plain, unmistakable
- verb obtain a patent for.
- verb grant rights to.
- verb make open to sight or notice.
Examples
- “affording free passage”
- “patent ductus arteriosus”
- “the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields”