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Definition: Claymore |
ClaymoreNoun1. A large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders. 2. An anti-personnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "claymore" was first used: 1722. (references) |
Note: Claymore \Clay"more`\, noun. [from Gaelic expression claidheamhmor broadsword; Gaelic claidheamh sword mor great, large. Compare to Claymore.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Claymore or Glaymore (2 syl.) is the Celtic glaif (a bent sword), Gaelic claidheamh (a sword), and mr (great). (See Morglay ) "I've told thee how the Southrons fell Beneath the broad claymore." Aytoun: Execution of Montrose, stanza 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: ClaymoreSynonym: claymore mine (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Claymore |
| English words defined with "claymore": claymore mine ♦ Glaymore. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "claymore": Albin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "claymore": Glaive ♦ Morglay. (references) |
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Clever | If you can't remember, the Claymore is pointed towards you. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| "Claymore" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 64.71% of the time. "Claymore" 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) | 64.71% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 35.29% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "claymore": claymore mine. Additional references. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "claymore"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | меч с две остриета. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | skotský meè. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zweischneidiges langschwert, breitschwert. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δίκοπο ξίφοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | klémor, kétkezi skót kard, kétélű skót kard. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cliwe mooar (broadsword). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aymoreclay antiga espada escocesa. (various references) sabie pentru douã mâini, minã (cast, countenance, digging, face, mien, mine, pit). (various references) старинный палаш. (various references) vrsta mača (singlestick). (various references) casa antigua. (various references) skotsk svärd. (various references) kılıç (blade, glaive, saber, sabre, sword), iki ağızlı büyük kılıç. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "claymore": claymores. (additional references) | |
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"Claymore" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Achamore, Calidore, Calymene, Colleymore, Laymore, Leymarie, Mclemore, Playmore. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "claymore" (pronounced klā"mô'r) |
| 3 | -m ô' r | evermore, furthermore, nevermore, sophomore, sycamore. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-m-o-r-y" | |
-1 letter: caloyer. | |
-2 letters: calmer, calory, clamor, coaler, comely, cormel, creamy, marcel, morale, oracle, recoal. | |
-3 letters: amole, camel, cameo, carle, carol, carom, celom, ceorl, claro, clary, clear, coaly, comae, comal, comer, coral, coyer, cream, cymae, cymar, cymol, early, lacer, lacey, lamer, layer, leary, loamy, lycea, macer, macle, macro, marly, mayor, mealy, mercy, molar, morae, moral. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-m-o-r-y" | |
+1 letter: claymores, comradely. | |
+2 letters: acromegaly, lachrymose, mycoflorae. | |
+3 letters: calorimetry, clergywoman, declamatory, exclamatory, maledictory, molecularly. | |
+4 letters: cephalometry, ceremonially, chlorenchyma, commercially, lachrymosely, laryngectomy, meteorically, microcephaly. | |
+5 letters: adrenalectomy, aerodynamical, bimolecularly, campylobacter, chlamydospore, chlorenchymas, chromatolyses, commensurably, commerciality, comparatively, complementary, complimentary, documentarily, embryological, embryonically, ergonomically, geometrically, isometrically, laryngectomee, microanalyses, morphemically, mycobacterial, myoelectrical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 61 79 6D 6F 72 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .- -.--. -- --- .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01100001 01111001 01101101 01101111 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l a y m o r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0061 0079 006D 006F 0072 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3778679179818471 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, "ερμανός, német, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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