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Definition: BARRACOON |
BARRACOONNoun1. A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily. |
Etymology: Barracoon \Bar"ra*coon`\, noun. [from Spanish expression or Portuguese barraca. See Barrack.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defense | Hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum; (refuge); keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath; wooden walls. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "barracoon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | arracoonbay.(various references) | |
Romanian | baracã pentru cazarea sclavilor. (various references) | |
Ukranian | загін (band, corral, pen, platoon). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trại nhốt nô lệ, trại giam tù khổ sai. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BARRACOON": barracoons. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-n-o-o-r-r" | |
-1 letter: barranco. | |
-2 letters: carbarn, carbora. | |
-3 letters: arroba, bronco, carbon, corban, corona, racoon, rancor. | |
-4 letters: aboon, acorn, arbor, bacon, banco, baron, boron, bronc, carbo, carob, cobra, croon, narco, racon. | |
-5 letters: anoa, arco, barn, boar, boon, boor, bora, born, bran, broo, carb, carn, carr, coon, corn, crab, narc, orca, orra, roan, roar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-n-o-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: barracoons. | |
+2 letters: radiocarbon. | |
+3 letters: radiocarbons. | |
+5 letters: containerboard. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 52 52 41 43 4F 4F 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-. .-. .- -.-. --- --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01010010 01010010 01000001 01000011 01001111 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A R R A C O O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0052 0052 0041 0043 004F 004F 004E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363552523537494948 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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