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Definitions: Caraway |
CarawayNoun1. A Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed. 2. Leaves used sparingly in soups and stews. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "caraway" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | Aromatic seed of plant of the umbelliferous family ; chiefly used in the preparation of liqueurs. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An umbelliferous plant, Carum carvi, bearing clusters of tiny white flowers; the fruit of it is used as flavouring and as a source of oil. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Caraway Latin, carum, from Caria in Asia Minor, whence the seeds were imported. "Nay, you shall see my orchard, where in an arbour we will eat a last year's pippin of my own graffing, with a dish of caraways."- Shakespeare: 2 Henry IV., v. 3 (Justice Shallow to Falstaff). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: CarawaySynonym: Carum carvi (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Caraway |
| English words defined with "caraway": akvavit, Apiaceae, aquavit ♦ black caraway ♦ caraway seed, caraway seed bread, Carraway, carrot family, Carum, Carum carvi, Carvacrol, Carvene, Commissure, Cuminic, Cuminic acid, Cuminil, Cuminol, Cymene ♦ family Apiaceae, family Umbelliferae ♦ genus Carum ♦ Irish soda bread ♦ Jewish rye, Jewish rye bread ♦ kummel ♦ Nigella sativa, nutmeg flower ♦ pork-and-veal goulash ♦ Roman coriander ♦ seedcake ♦ Umbelliferae ♦ whorled caraway. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "caraway": DIVIDING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ Godfrey's Cordial ♦ roll-dough divider, roll-machine operator. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "caraway": Carvene. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Perideridia howellii, or commonly known as Howell's False Caraway.Credit: Unknown. |  | Medium shot of Howell's false caraway (Perideridia howellii).Credit: Unknown. |
 | The Senate committee investigating the charges against Senator B.K. Wheeler, ... Left to right: Senators Wm. E. Borah of Idaho chairman, C.A. Swanson of Va., T.H. Caraway of Ark., C.L. McNary of Ore., Thos. Sterling, of S.D.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mr. Nat. C. Goodwin as Caraway Bones, Esq.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Caraway" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Caraway" is used about 17 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 (singular) | 100% | 17 | 85,106 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "caraway" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Caraway | Last name | 3,000 | 4,731 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Caraway, AR (town, FIPS 11410) |
Expressions using "caraway": black caraway ♦ caraway seed ♦ caraway seed bread ♦ caraway seeds ♦ whorled caraway. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "caraway": caraway-flavoured. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
agriculture caraway | 149 | caraway hattie | 4 |
caraway | 67 | cake caraway seed | 4 |
caraway speedway | 53 | auction caraway | 3 |
caraway company list | 44 | caraway street | 3 |
caraway importer | 33 | bread butter caraway irish raisins seed soda unsalted | 3 |
caraway seller | 29 | caraway carter child wise | 2 |
buyer caraway wholesale | 20 | caraway center conference | 2 |
caraway seed | 18 | caraway family | 2 |
camp caraway | 16 | caraway oil | 2 |
caraway arkansas | 9 | auction caraway house | 2 |
caraway finland | 8 | caraway ford | 2 |
caraway speedway.com | 5 | ||
caraway ford | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "caraway"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qimnon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كروياء, كراويا نبات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кимион. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 香芹籽. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kmín (caraway seeds, cumin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vild kommen, kommen (caraway seed), karve. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | karwijzaad (caraway seed), karwij, karwý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | kumman. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | زیره سیاه , درخت زیره . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kumina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cumin, carvi (caraway seed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kümmel (caraway seed, cumin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κύμινο (cumin, cumin seed), σπόρος αγριοκύμινου (caraway seed), σπέρμα κάρου (caraway seed), σπέρμα αγριοκύμινου (caraway seed), αγριοκύμινο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | köménymag (caraway seeds, caraway-seeds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | jintan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cumino tedesco, cumino (cumin), comino (cumin, cumin seed), carvi (caraway seed), seme di carvi (caraway seed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | キャ"ネ判 (cabbage, cabin, cabinet size, camel, camisole, capital gain, capital letter, capital loss, capitalism, captain, CAPTAIN System, caption, capture, caramel, caravan, carburetor, career, career government employee, career woman, carrier, carry, character, Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information System, character display, character in a manga or anime, light mountain-climbing shoes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | キャラウエー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lus gharg, carvish, carvey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arawaycay cominho (cumin), semente de alcaravia (caraway seed), alcaravia. (various references) chimen. (various references) тмин (cumin, cummin). (various references) kim (cumin, cummin). (various references) alcaravea (caraway seed). (various references) kummin (cumin, cummin). (various references) เครื่องเทศชนิ"หนึ่งใช้ปรุงอาหารไ"้. (various references) kimyon (cumin, cummin), karaman kimyonu. (various references) кмин (cumin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gu-mun. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | caree, Carum carvé L, Carum carvi l. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "caraway": caraways. (additional references) | |
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"Caraway" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Badawai, Caerbwdy, caraa, carabao, Carapa, Carlaway, caroway, cartway, cataway, Chataway, Ciprobay, Karawya, Kasrawan, Scadavay. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "caraway" (pronounced ka"ruwā') |
| 3 | -u w ā' | breakaway, castaway, getaway, giveaway, hideaway, rockaway, runaway, straightaway, throwaway. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-r-w-y" | |
-3 letters: away, awry, craw, racy, raya, wary. | |
-4 letters: arc, awa, car, caw, cay, cry, raw, ray, rya, war, way, wry, yar, yaw. | |
-5 letters: aa, ar, aw, ay, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-r-w-y" | |
+1 letter: caraways. | |
+4 letters: carriageway. | |
+5 letters: carriageways. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 72 61 77 61 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .-. .- .--. .- -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110111 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a r a w a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0072 0061 0077 0061 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678467896791 |
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