choice

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The act of choosing; selection.
2. n. The power, right, or liberty to choose; option.
3. n. One that is chosen.
4. n. A number or variety from which to choose: a wide choice of styles and colors.
5. n. The best or most preferable part.
6. n. Care in choosing.
7. n. An alternative.
8. adj. Of very fine quality.
9. adj. Appealing to refined taste.
10. adj. Selected with care.
11. adj. Of the U.S. Government grade of meat higher than good and lower than prime.
12. idiom. of choice Preferred above others of the same kind or set: "the much used leveraged buyout as the weapon of choice” ( Alison Leigh Cowan).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred, or of adopting one course of action in preference to others; selection; election.
2. n. The power of choosing; option.
3. n. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference.
4. n. The person or thing chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others.
5. n. The best part of anything; a select portion or assortment.
6. n. A variety of preferable or valuable things.
7. n. Synonyms Preference, Election, etc. See option.
8. Carefully selected; well chosen: as, a choice epithet.
9. Worthy of being preferred; select; notable; precious.
10. Careful; frugal; chary; preserving or using with care, as valuable: with of.
11. Noble; excellent.
12. Synonyms Costly, exquisite, uncommon, rare, excellent.
13. Sparing.

Wiktionary

1. n. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
2. n. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
3. n. Anything that can be chosen.
4. n. The best or most preferable part.
5. adj. Especially good or preferred.
6. adj. slang, New Zealand Cool; excellent.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
2. n. The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
3. n. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
4. n. A sufficient number to choose among.
5. n. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
6. n. The best part; that which is preferable.
7. adj. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
8. adj. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of.
9. adj. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the person or thing chosen or selected
2. adj. appealing to refined taste
3. n. the act of choosing or selecting
4. adj. of superior grade
5. n. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen