abacusnounWord sets 1Corpus examplesabacusabacusesabacusab‧a‧cus /Eˆ?¦bE™kE™s/ noun [countable]Date: 1300-1400 Language: Latin Origin: Greekabaxâ€?flat piece of stone’ a frame with small balls that can be slid along on thick wires, used for counting and calculating