SWANS-DOWN

  

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SWANS-DOWN

Definition: SWANS-DOWN

SWANS-DOWN

Noun

1. A fine, soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin.

2. The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "SWANS-DOWN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)


Crosswords: SWANS-DOWN

English words defined with "SWANS-DOWN": Swan's-down. (references)

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Expression: SWANS-DOWN

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "SWANS-DOWN": swans-down-trimmed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SWANS-DOWN

Language Translations for "SWANS-DOWN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

天鹅下来. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

백조 아래 (Swan's-down). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ans-downsway

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SWANS-DOWN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: swansdown.

Words within the letters "a-d-n-n-o-s-s-w-w"

-3 letters: donnas, sowans.

-4 letters: adown, dawns, donas, donna, downs, nonas, sands, snaws, snows, sodas, swans, wands, woads.

-5 letters: ados, ands, anon, awns, dawn, daws, dona, dons, doss, down, dows, nans, naos, nods, nona, nows, ossa, owns, sand, sans, sawn, saws, snaw, snow, soda, sods, sons, sown, sows, swan, wads, wand, wans, waws, woad, wons.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-n-n-o-s-s-w-w"
 

+1 letter: swansdowns.

 

+3 letters: downwardness.

 

+5 letters: downwardnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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