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BACK REST

Definition: BACK REST

BACK REST

1. A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in turning.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: BACK REST

DomainDefinitions

Mechanical Engineering

A support used to sustain long workpieces mounted between centres or in a rotating chuck. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Crosswords: BACK REST

English words defined with "BACK REST": homing pigeonZumbooruk. (references)
Specialty definitions using "BACK REST": firewall machine, force balance transducerjewel-oliving-machine operatorMonday feeling, Monday morning sicknessnorthern lodgepole needleminerOLIVING-MACHINE OPERATORphysiological acceleration, Port Address TranslationReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal, reclining back restsupport bracketthrust-pas bearingunder arm. (references)

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Expression: BACK REST

Expression using "BACK REST": reclining back rest. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BACK REST

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

back rest

38

bed back rest

3

back rest utopia

3

back rest pillow

2

atv back rest

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: BACK REST

Language Translations for "BACK REST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

brille (back stay, stay, steady, steady rest, work steady), polstret ryglæn (back squab, padded back, upholstered seat). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

bril (back stay, glasses, seat, spectacles, stay, steady, steady rest, work steady), met hoog gestoffeerde rugleuning (back squab, padded back, upholstered seat). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

selkänoja (back). (various references)

   

French

  

lunette (back stay), dossier rembourré (back squab, padded back, upholstered back). (various references)

   

German

  

Brille (back stay, eye glasses, eyeglasses, follower, gland, gland follower, glasses, goggles, specs, spectacles, stay, steady, steady rest, toilet seat, work steady), Setzstock (back stay, follower, stationary support, stay, steady, steady rest, work steady), rücklehne, Rückenpolster (back squab, kidney pad, lumbar cushion, padded back, upholstered seat), rückenlehne (back, backrest, seat-back, squab), Lünette (back stay, stay, steady, steady rest, work steady). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στρογγυλή οπή (back stay, stay, steady, steady rest, work steady), γναφάλωμα πλάτης καθίσματος πλάτης (back squab, padded back, upholstered seat). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

háttámla. (various references)

   

Italian

  

schienale imbottito (back squab, padded back, upholstered back, upholstered seat), lunetta (back stay, bezel, fanlight, locating stop, lunette, stay, steady, steady rest, work steady). (various references)

   

Manx

  

boayrd drommey. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackbay estray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

espaldar (dissipated, stall bar, wall-bar), encosto forrado (back squab, padded back, upholstered seat). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

respaldo almohadillado (back squab, padded back, upholstered back, upholstered seat), relleno del respaldo (back squab, padded back, upholstered seat), luneta (back stay, bezel, locating stop, stay, steady, steady rest, work steady), cojín del respaldo (back squab, padded back, upholstered seat). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

опора для спини. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BACK REST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: backrest, brackets.

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-k-r-s-t"

-1 letter: backers, backset, bracket, rackets, restack, retacks, setback, stacker, tackers.

-2 letters: backer, bakers, barest, basket, baster, braces, bracts, brakes, breaks, breast, cabers, carets, cartes, casket, caster, caters, crakes, crates, creaks, kebars, racket, reacts, recast, retack, sacker, screak, skater, strake, streak, tabers, tacker, takers, traces, tracks.

-3 letters: abets, acerb, acres, asker, aster, backs, baker, bakes, bares, barks, baser, baste, bates, beaks, bears, beast, beats, becks, betas, brace, bract, braes, brake, brats, break, caber, cakes, carbs, cares, caret, carks, carse, carte, carts, caste, cater, cates, cesta, crabs, crake, crate, creak, crest, escar, eskar, karst, karts, kbars, kebar, kerbs, races, racks, rakes, rates, react, recks, recta, saber, sabre, saker, scare, scart, serac, skate, stack, stake, stare, stark, steak, taber, tabes, taces, tacks, taker, takes, tares, teaks, tears, trace, track, treks.

-4 letters: abet, aces, acre, acts, arbs, arcs, ares, arks, arse, arts, ates, back, bake, bare, bark, bars, base, bask, bast, bate, bats, beak, bear, beat, beck, best, beta, bets, brae, bras, brat, cabs, cake, carb, care, cark, cars, cart, case, cask, cast, cate, cats, crab, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, kabs, kaes, kart, kats, kbar, keas, kerb, race, rack, rake, rase, rate, rats, rebs, reck, recs, rest, rets, sabe, sack, sake, sark, sate, scab, scar, scat, sear, seat, sect, sera, seta, skat, stab, star, tabs, tace, tack, take, tare, tars, task, teak, tear, teas, trek, tsar.

-5 letters: abs, ace, act, arb, arc, are, ark, ars, art, ask, ate, bar, bas, bat, bet, bra, cab, car, cat, ear, eat, era, ers, eta, kab, kae, kas, kat, kea, ras, rat, reb, rec, res, ret, sab, sac, sae, sat, sea, sec, ser, set, ska, tab, tae, tar, tas, tea, tsk.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-k-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: backrests.

 

+2 letters: backbiters, backstreet, backstroke, backwaters, breadstick, waterbucks.

 

+3 letters: backscatter, backstabber, backstreets, backstretch, backstrokes, blackhearts, blacklister, blackwaters, breadsticks, turtlebacks.

 

+4 letters: backscatters, backstabbers, bankruptcies, blacklisters, cabinetworks, leatherbacks, quarterbacks.

 

+5 letters: backcountries, backscattered, backstretches, cabinetmakers.

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

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Alternative Orthography: BACK REST


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 41 43 4B      52 45 53 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01010010 01000101 01010011 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#67 &#75 &#32 &#82 &#69 &#83 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 0043 004B      0052 0045 0053 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36353745252395354

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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