· (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
Synonym(s): batch, deal, flock, good_deal, great_deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite_a_little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy_sum, wad
Hypernym(s): large_indefinite_quantity, large_indefinite_amount
· a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
Hypernym(s): tract, piece_of_land, piece_of_ground, parcel_of_land, parcel
· an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
Hypernym(s): social_group
· your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
Synonym(s): fortune, destiny, fate, luck, circumstances, portion
Hypernym(s): condition
· anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
Synonym(s): draw
Hypernym(s): object, physical_object
· any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
Hypernym(s): collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
· (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
Synonym(s): Lot
· divide into lots, as of land, for example
Hypernym(s): divide, split, split_up, separate, dissever, carve_up
· administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
Synonym(s): distribute, administer, mete_out, deal, parcel_out, dispense, shell_out, deal_out, dish_out, allot, dole_out
Hypernym(s): give