British-American Dictionary
Part 1
UK-US - Cars and Driving:
UK US
aerial antenna
("aerial" used regionally
in the past but has
faded from use)
bonnet hood
boot trunk
car park parking lot
car silencer muffler
cats eyes reflectors
(embedded in road)
central reservation median
clock odometer
demister defroster
diversion detour
drink-driving drunk driving
driving licence driver's license
dual carriageway divided highway
dumper truck dump truck
flat battery dead battery
flyover overpass
fourway crossroads
full lights high beams
gear box transmission
gear lever gear shift
hire car rental car
indicators turn signals
lights dipped low beams
motorway freeway (Western U.S.)
expressway (Eastern U.S.)
Interstate See Notes
orbital beltway (Eastern U.S.)
petrol gasoline
gas
propeller shaft drive shaft
recovery towing
roundabout circle
rotary (New England)
straight straightaway (as at a race track)
top up fill up
top off See Notes
transmission power train
turning left left turn
turning right right turn
tyre tire
unmade road dirt road, unpaved road
windscreen windshield
window heater defroster
wing fender
Part 1
US-UK - Cars and Driving:
US UK
antenna aerial
beltway (Eastern U.S.) orbital
circle, traffic circle roundabout
crossroads fourway
defroster window heater
demister
dead battery flat battery
detour (noun) diversion
dirt road unmade road
divided highway dual carriageway
drive shaft propeller shaft
driver's license driving licence
drunk driving drink-driving
dump truck dumper truck
expressway motorway
(Eastern U.S.)
fender wing
fill up top up See Notes
four lane road dual carriageway
freeway (Western U.S.) motorway See Notes
gas petrol
gasoline
gear shift gear lever
high beams full lights
hood bonnet
Interstate motorway
left turn turning left
low beams lights dipped
median central reservation
muffler car silencer
odometer clock
overpass flyover
parking lot car park
power train transmission
reflectors cats eyes
(embedded in road)
rental car hire car
right turn turning right
rotary (New England) roundabout
straightaway straight
(as at a race track)
top off top up
towing recovery
transmission gear box
trunk boot
tire tyre
turn signals indicators
unpaved road unmade road
windshield windscreen
Part 2
UK-US - Food:
UK US
aubergine eggplant
biscuit cookie
candy floss cotton candy
chips french fries
conserves preserves
cornflour cornstarch
courgettes zucchini
zucchini squash
crisps potato chips
fish fingers fish sticks
jacket potato baked potato
jam jelly
jelly jello
mince ground meat
hamburger
porridge oatmeal
pudding dessert
rocket arugula
sweet dessert
tinned canned
Part 2
US-UK - Food:
US UK
appetizers starters
arugula rocket
baked potato baked potato
jacket potato
canned (in metal) tinned
cookie biscuit
cornstarch cornflour
cotton candy candy floss
dessert dessert
sweet
pudding
eggplant aubergine
fish sticks fish fingers
french fries chips
ground meat mince
hamburger mince
jello jelly
jelly jam
oatmeal porridge
potato chips crisps
preserves preserves
conserves
zucchini courgettes
zucchini squash
Part 3
UK-US - Others:
UK US
aerial antenna
aluminium aluminum
antenatal prenatal
anticlockwise counterclockwise
autumn fall
("autumn" is used,
but only in formal
or poetic language)
baggage reclaim baggage claim
(airport)
bicentenary bicentennial
bill check
(restaurant) See Notes
bin liner trash bag
bookings reservations
(verb - to book) (verb - to reserve as
in restaurant, hotel)
botanic garden botanical garden
braces suspenders
cashback (noun) rebate, cash back
charity non-profit organization
not-for-profit
cheap inexpensive
(not necessarily in a
negative light)
chemists pharmacy, drug store
cinema movie theater, theater
"clued up" "clued in"
coach bus
coach (railway) car (railroad)
"come to that" "for that matter"
cot crib (for a baby)
cuttings clippings
(as in news clippings)
DIY do it yourself
dodgy tricky, chancy
dummy pacifier
dustbin trash can
(see Australian Variants)
engaged (as in telephone)busy
fee (for schooling) tuition
fit (verb) equip, fit out
fittings fixtures
fix (verb - as in set
"fix a date")
flat apartment
football soccer
freephone toll-free
freepost business reply mail
(no stamp needed)
frock dress (noun)
full stop (punctuation) period
gents men's room
headmaster principal
hide (noun) blind
(noun - as in duck blind)
hire (hire a car) rent (rent a car)
hob stove, stovetop
holiday vacation
homely homey (pleasant)
(In the U.S., "homely"
describes a person as
plain or unattractive)
hoover (noun and verb) vacuum (noun and verb)
vacuum cleaner (noun)
ill sick
"in future" "from now on"
See Diggins' Notes
in hospital in the hospital
See Notes
"join the train" "get on the train"
jumper sweater
licence license (noun)
license license (verb)
lie in sleep in
lift elevator
laundrette laundromat
lorry truck
marquee tent See Notes
maths math
mobile (phone) cell (phone)
momentarily for a short time
(but not "in a second")
mum mom
nappies diapers
nil nothing, zero
note bill
(currency) See Notes
on stream on line
open day open house
pitch (for playing field
sports)
polo neck, roll neck turtle neck
post mail See Notes
pram stroller
queue line
(noun as in "bus queue"
verb as in "queue up")
railway railroad
read
(verb - "read a study
subject in college")
See Diggins' Notes
redundancy (verb - to layoff (verb - to lay off)
removal (as in removal moving
van)
return round trip
(as in round trip ticket)
reverse charge call collect call
rise (noun - in salary) raise
rubber eraser
(in U.S., rubber is
slang for condom)
rucksack backpack
sack (verb - from fire
employment)
secateurs pruners or clippers
shoddy cheap
shopping trolley shopping cart
sport sports
solicitor lawyer
attorney See Notes
See Additional Notes
See A Canadian Perspective
See Diggins' Notes
"sorry" "excuse me", "pardon me"
spanner wrench (noun)
stand (for election) run (for election)
starters appetizers
suspenders garter
swear word curse word
subway underpass
tap faucet
tariffs rates, prices
tarmac asphalt
(tarmac is used in U.S.
only in airport context)
tea towel dish towel
dish cloth See Notes
telephone box telephone booth
tender (noun or verb) bid
(as in bid for a building
contract)
to let for rent
to trade (as in "a by trade
toilet restroom
torch flashlight
trainers sneakers
treble triple
transport (noun) transportation
trousers pants
trolley cart
tube subway
tucked up (as in "The tucked in
baby was tucked up
for the night.")
tuition for (noun as study of
in "tuition for the
flute")
underground subway
upmarket upscale
valve vacuum tube
vest undershirt
walking frame walker (device to assist
the elderly)
washing up doing the dishes
waistcoat vest
Part 3
US-UK - Others:
US UK
aluminum aluminium
antenna aerial
apartment flat
asphalt tarmac
attorney solicitor See Notes
See Diggins' Notes
backpack rucksack
baggage claim (airport) baggage reclaim
bicentennial bicentenary
bid (as in bid for a tender (noun or verb)
bill (as in currency) note See Notes
blind (noun - as in hide
duck blind)
botanical garden botanic garden
business reply mail freepost
(no stamp needed)
busy (as in telephone) engaged
by trade (as in "a to trade
carpenter by trade")
bus coach
car (railroad) coach (railway)
cart (noun as in a trolley
shopping cart)
cell (phone) mobile (phone)
cheap shoddy
check (in a restaurant) bill See Notes
clippings (as in news cuttings
clippings)
"clued in" "clued up"
collect call reverse charge call
counterclockwise anticlockwise
crib (for a baby) cot
curse word swear word
diapers nappies
dish cloth, dish towel tea towel See Notes
doing the dishes washing up
dress (noun) frock
drug store chemists
elevator lift
equip, fit out (verb) fit
eraser rubber
"excuse me" "sorry"
fall autumn
faucet tap
field (for playing pitch
sports)
fire sack
(verb - from employment)
fixtures fittings
(as in plumbing)
flashlight torch
for rent to let
"for that matter" "come to that"
"from now on" "in future"
See Diggins' Notes
garter suspenders
"get on the train" "join the train"
homey (pleasant) homely
(In the U.S., "homely"
describes a person as
plain or unattractive)
in the hospital in hospital See Notes
inexpensive cheap
(not necessarily
in a negative light)
layoff redundancy (verb - to
(verb - to lay off) make redundant)
laundromat laundrette
lawyer solicitor See Notes
See Additional Notes
See A Canadian Perspective
See Diggins' Notes
license (noun and verb) licence (noun)
license (verb)
line queue
(noun as in "bus line"
and verb as in
"line up")
mail post
math maths
men's room gents
mom mum
movie theater cinema
moving removal
(as in moving van)
nothing nil
non-profit organization charity
on line on stream
(as in "forthcoming")
open house open day
pacifier dummy
pants trousers
"pardon me" "sorry"
period (punctuation) full stop
pharmacy chemists
prenatal antenatal
principal headmaster
(school)
pruners secateurs
(or clippers)
railroad railway
raise (in salary) rise
range (see "Stove")
rates, prices tariffs
rebate (noun) cashback
rent (rent a car) hire (hire a car)
reservations bookings
(verb - to reserve (verb - to book)
as in restaurant,
hotel)
restroom toilet
round trip return (return ticket)
(as in round
trip ticket)
run (for election) stand (for election)
set (verb - as in fix
"set a date")
shopping cart shopping trolley
sick ill
sleep in lie in
sneakers trainers
soccer football
sports sport
stove, stovetop hob
stroller pram
study read
(verb - as in
"study a subject
in college")
See Diggins' Notes
study of tuition for
(noun as in "study
of the flute")
subway tube
underground
suspenders braces
sweater jumper
telephone booth telephone box
tent marquee See Notes
toll-free freephone
transportation transport (noun)
trash bag bin liner
trash can dustbin (see Australian Variants)
tricky (chancy) dodgy
triple treble
truck lorry
tucked in (as in "The tucked up
baby was tucked in
for the night.")
tuition fee
turtle neck polo neck, roll neck
underpass subway
undershirt vest
upscale upmarket
vacation holiday
vacuum (noun and verb) hoover
vacuum cleaner(noun)
vacuum tube valve
vest waistcoat
walker (device to walking frame
assist the elderly)
wrench (noun) spanner
zero nil
I have learned so much from God
That I can no longer call myself
a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew.
The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me
That I can no longer call myself
a man, a woman, an angel, or even a pure soul.
Love has befriended Hafiz so completely.
It has turned to ash and freed me
Of every concept and image my mind has ever known.
Hafiz
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