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utility
Noun
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Utilities are the basic services that come to your house, such as electricity, phone, and water.
The government is raising prices on drugs, beer and most public utilities.
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A utility is a basic computer program that handles things like copying disks and setting up printers.
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Something's utility is how useful it is.
The design was to maximise the utility of the book as a whole.
shed
Noun
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A shed is a small building made out of wood that is often used to hold tools.
Let me go put my tools in the shed.
shed
Verb
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If something sheds its hair, skin, etc., it naturally drops it.
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If something sheds its light, tears, etc., it produces them.
Can you help to shed some light on the problem?
The tears she shed ran down her face.