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BRAIN-TEASER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does brain-teaser mean?

• BRAIN-TEASER (noun)
The noun BRAIN-TEASER has 1 sense:

1. a difficult problem

Familiarity information: BRAIN-TEASER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BRAIN-TEASER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A difficult problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

brain-teaser; conundrum; riddle; enigma

Hypernyms ("brain-teaser" is a kind of...):

problem (a question raised for consideration or solution)

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