a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria

a small disc used in board games for keeping the score or as a place marker

a device used for counting

the counter tells you how many pictures you have taken

speak or act in opposition to

the second argument is more difficult to counter

in the opposite direction or in opposition to

his writing ran counter to the dominant trends of the decade

responding to something of the same kind, especially in opposition

after years of argument and counter argument there is no conclusive answer

a thing which opposes or prevents something else

the stimulus to employers' organization was partly a counter to growing union power

the curved part of the stern of a ship projecting aft above the waterline

the white space enclosed by a letter such as O or c

the back part of a shoe or boot, enclosing the heel