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Definition: Dungaree |
DungareeNoun1. A coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dungaree" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
Note: Dungaree \Dun`ga*ree"\, noun. coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff. [Written also dungari.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | A 3/1 or 2/1 twill fabric used for overalls; some cloths are piece-dyed; better qualities are made from dyed warp and weft yarns. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Dungaree A coarse blue cloth worn by sailors; coarse and vulgar. Dungaree is the Wapping of Bombay. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DungareeSynonyms: denim (n), jean (n). (additional references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They were dressed in new blue dungarees and in dungaree coats, stiff with filler, the brass buttons shining. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Dungaree" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dungaree" is used about 6 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% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
dungaree | 4 |
dungaree navy s | 3 |
dungaree lee | 3 |
db dungaree | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dungaree"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الدنغري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | док (dock, duck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kombinéza (catsuit, coveralls, overalls, union suit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dungaree. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نوعی پارچه پنبه ای نامرغوب , لباسی که ازاین پارچه درست شود. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dungaree. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Arbeitsanzug (work clothing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βαμβακερό από βαμμένο υφάδι, χονδρό ινδικό ντρίλλ, τραχύ ύφασμα για ρούχα εργασίασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סרבל (overall, smock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | durva indiai karton, durva indiai kalikó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dungaree. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | breechyn dungaree. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ungareeday ganga (brood, gangue, matrix, rocky matrix). (various references) грубая бумажная ткань. (various references) grubo platno. (various references) dungaree. (various references) grovt bomullstyg. (various references) pamuklu kaba kumaş. (various references) бавовняна саржа. (various references) quần áo lao động bằng vải trúc bâu thô. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dungaree": dungarees. (additional references) | |
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"Dungaree" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bunwaree, Dignare, Dougary, Dunacree, dunadry, Dunara, Dunarea, dungareed, Dungate, dungry, Hungareeee, puggaree. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: underage. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-n-r-u" | |
-1 letter: angered, derange, enraged, grandee, grenade, uneager. | |
-2 letters: agreed, argued, augend, danger, dengue, dragee, earned, endear, endure, enrage, enured, gander, garden, geared, gender, genera, gerund, neared, nudger, ranged, unaged, unread. | |
-3 letters: agene, agree, anger, argue, auger, denar, eager, eagre, eared, edger, ender, endue, enure, genre, genua, grade, grand, greed, green, guard, nuder, nudge, raged. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-g-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: dungarees, underages. | |
+2 letters: encouraged, guaranteed, underglaze, unenlarged. | |
+3 letters: beardtongue, deuterating, guardedness, reeducating, undercharge, undereating, underglazes, unendearing, unregulated. | |
+4 letters: beardtongues, deregulating, deregulation, endeavouring, nonregulated, outgeneraled, unbridgeable, undercharged, undercharges, undergarment, unexpurgated, ungerminated, unintegrated, unsegregated. | |
+5 letters: counterargued, dangerousness, deregulations, deuteragonist, gelandesprung, gradualnesses, groundbreaker, guardednesses, overeducating, regardfulness, undercarriage, undergarments, undergraduate, underreacting, unguardedness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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