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Definition: SWANS-DOWN |
SWANS-DOWNNoun1. 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. |
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) |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SWANS-DOWN": swans-down-trimmed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 | ||||
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. | |
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