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Definition: Extrados |
ExtradosNoun1. The exterior curve of an arch. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Extrados \Ex*tra"dos\, noun. [French expression; prefix extra- outside dos (L. dorsum) the back.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | The exterior arc of an arch, as in a tunnel. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Exteriority | Noun: exteriority; outside, exterior; surface, superficies; skin; (covering); superstratum; disk, disc; face, facet; extrados. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Extrados |
| English words defined with "extrados": camber arch ♦ flat arch, flat-top ♦ straight arch. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "extrados": spandrel wall. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "extrados": intrados. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "extrados"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | ydre hvælvflade (back), yderside af bue (back). (various references) | |
Dutch | extrados (back), rug (back), buitenwelfvlak (back), buitenwelflijn (back), buitenboogvlak (back). (various references) | |
French | extrados. (various references) | |
German | Gewölberücken (back), Bogenrücken (back), äußere Wölbung (back), äußere Wölbfläche (back). (various references) | |
Greek | εξωτερική ράχη (back). (various references) | |
Italian | estradosso (back). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | extradosay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | extradorso (back). (various references) | |
Spanish | extradós (back). (various references) | |
Swedish | extrados (back), yttre konvexsida av valvbygge (back). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "extrados": extradoses. (additional references) | |
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"Extrados" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: estradiol, extradise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-o-r-s-t-x" | |
-1 letter: roasted, torsade. | |
-2 letters: adores, daters, derats, dextro, doters, extras, oaters, orated, orates, oreads, oxters, sarode, soared, sorted, stared, storax, stored, strode, taxers, trades, treads. | |
-3 letters: adore, arose, aster, dares, darts, dater, dates, datos, dears, derat, detox, doats, doers, doest, dorsa, doser, doter, dotes, drats, drest, extra, oared, oater, orate, oread, oxter, rased, rated. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-o-r-s-t-x" | |
+2 letters: extradoses. | |
+4 letters: ambidextrous, dominatrixes, extraditions, hydroxylates, reoxidations. | |
+5 letters: hydrothoraxes. | |
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