conversation n
1 the interchange through speech of information, ideas, etc.; spoken communication
2 ♦
make conversation to talk in an artificial way
Related adj →
colloquial
conversation piece n
1 something, esp. an unusual object, that provokes conversation
2 (esp. in 18th-century Britain) a group portrait in a landscape or domestic setting
3 a play emphasizing dialogue
criminal conversation n
1 (formerly) a common law action brought by a husband by which he claimed damages against an adulterer
2 another term for →
adultery