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Definition: CUTWATER |
CUTWATERNoun1. A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer. 2. A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself. 3. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water. |
Date "CUTWATER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
Crosswords: CUTWATER |
| English words defined with "CUTWATER": Bobstay ♦ Feather spray ♦ Trail boards. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CUTWATER": BOB STAY ♦ Figure-head ♦ segmental cut-water. (references) |
| "CUTWATER" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "CUTWATER" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 80% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 13.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "CUTWATER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Valëthyes (breakwater, pier). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقدم السفينة (head). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Носова "реда, Ледорез, 'одорез. (various references) | |
Chinese | 船首 浪材. (various references) | |
Danish | straakoel (false keel, keel facing bar), forstaerkning forneden paa en bropille, forlaenget drager. (various references) | |
Dutch | scheg (deadwood, false keel, rising wood, skeg), pijlerkop, overstek (depth of gap, depth of throat, gap, throat, throat capacity, throat depth, throat depth clearance, throat to centre of spindle), loze kiel (false keel, grounding keel, keel facing bar, rubbing bar, shoe of a keel, slab keel). (various references) | |
Farsi | پایه پل (Pier), اب شکن , دماغه کشتی (Prow). (various references) | |
French | fausse quille, bec, avant-bec. (various references) | |
German | Scheg (false keel), Pfeilerkopf, Pfeilerhaupt, Loskiel (false keel, grounding keel, keel facing bar, rubbing bar, shoe of a keel, slab keel), Kragarm (bracket, cantilever, cantilevered beam, corbel), falscher Kiel (false keel). (various references) | |
Greek | κόντρα καρένα (false keel), προεξοχή σε βάθρο, υποτρόπιο (false keel). (various references) | |
Hungarian | orrtőke (bow, stem), mellső éle, Jégtörõ Él, jégtörő él, jégsarkantyú, hajóorrél. (various references) | |
Italian | rostro (beak, rostrum), mensola esterna. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | utwatercay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | talha-mar (skimmer). (various references) | |
Romanian | Pinten (armature, pastern, ram, spur), Etravã (stem). (various references) | |
Russian | Ледорез, 'олнорез, 'одорез. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lukobran (breakwater). (various references) | |
Spanish | Corte De Agua, tajamar (downstream pier nosing, ease-water, fairing). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Хвилелом, 'одоріз. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CUTWATER": cutwaters. (additional references) | |
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"CUTWATER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ecowater, khuwaiter, Ucwetec. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "CUTWATER" (pronounced 'Cut"wa`ter'): Amphiaster, Anglemeter, Animater, Archiater, Backwater, Bandmaster, Bargemastter, Beemaster, Bergmaster, Black-letter, Blendwater, Bloodletter, Bogtrotter, Breakwater, Burghermaster, Burghmaster, Burgomaster, Calc-sinter, Capellmeister, Catchwater, Chalkcutter, Coal-meter, Cockmaster, Colporter, Confederater, Constituter, Controverter, Corncutter, Court-plaster, Craftsmaster, Criticaster, Dekaliter, Dekameter, Dynamiter, Fillibuster, Fresh-water, goddaughter, limewater, Macerater, manslaughter, Masticater, Medicaster, Meliorater, micromillimeter, midwinter, Mint-master, news-letter, Ohmmeter, Outfitter, Penteconter. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-r-t-t-u-w" | |
-1 letter: curtate. | |
-2 letters: acuter, curate, cutter, tauter, watter. | |
-3 letters: acute, caret, carte, cater, crate, cruet, curet, cuter, eruct, react, recta, recut, tacet, tater, tawer, tecta, tetra, trace, tract, treat, truce, urate, utter, water. | |
-4 letters: acre, care, cart, cate, craw, crew, cure, curt, cute, ecru, race, rate, tace, tact, tare, tart, tate, taut, tear, teat, tret. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-r-t-t-u-w" | |
+1 letter: cutwaters. | |
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