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BASTO

Definition: BASTO

BASTO

Noun

1. The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Basto \Bas"to\ (b[.a]s"t[-o]), noun. [Spanish expression]. (Websters 1913)

 

Crosswords: BASTO

Non-English Usage: "BASTO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Esperanto (bast), Italian (packsaddle), Portuguese (abundant, concentrated, copious, dense, frequent, numerous, plentiful, profuse, thick, thick-set), Spanish (coarse, crude).

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Commercial Usage: BASTO

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ben-Rosh : biografia do Capitäao Barros Basto, o apâostolo dos marranos (reference)

  • Cacharrerâia popular : la alfarerâia de basto en Espaäna (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BASTO

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

basto cabeceiras de

5

basto constanca

5

basto celorico de

4

basto de mondim

2

basto frank

2

basto village

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

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Rhyming with "BASTO"

Words rhyming with "BASTO" (pronounced 'Bas"to'): Agitato, Allegretto, Anito, Araguato, Arnatto, Assiento, Avigato, Ayuntamiento, Bassetto, Braziletto, Busto, Canoncito, Canto, Carapato, Castrato, Cavetto, Cento, Cinquecento, Concerto, Concetto, Contrafagetto, Cornuto, Corvetto, Couranto, Devoto, Divertimento, Duetto, Esparto, Esperanto, Ex-voto, Facto, Fagotto, Falsetto, Ferretto, Flauto, Fugato, Giusto, graffito, Gretto, grotto, gusto, Hornito, impasto, inamorato, Infinito, junto, Lagarto, larghetto, legato, lento, libretto, lotto, manifesto, Manto, Marcato, memento, merozoite, Misurato, moderato, molto, mosquito, Moto, Motto, Mulatto, Musketo, Nippitato, Obligato, onto, Palmetto, Paramento, Petto, Pimento, Pimiento, Pizzicato, Pluto, Portamento, Potato, Presto, Pronunciamento, Pronunciamiento, Puncto, Punto, Quattrocento, Rabato, rebato, Repartimiento, Rifacimento, risotto, ritenuto, Ritratto, Robalito, roble, Rubato, Sanbenito, Sestetto, Sexto, Sfumato, sgraffito, Sostenuto, spiccato, staccato, Stiacciato, Stretto, Tasto, telephoto, terzetto, Tinto, tomato, Torilto, Tosto, Trecento, Visto, Vomito, Zuchetto. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BASTO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: boast, boats, botas, sabot.

Words within the letters "a-b-o-s-t"

-1 letter: abos, bast, bats, boas, boat, bota, bots, oast, oats, stab, stoa, stob, tabs, taos.

-2 letters: abo, abs, bas, bat, boa, bos, bot, oat, sab, sat, sob, sot, tab, tao, tas.

-3 letters: ab, as, at, ba, bo, os, so, ta, to.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-o-s-t"
 

+1 letter: abbots, aborts, bathos, batons, biotas, bloats, boarts, boasts, jabots, oblast, sabots, taboos, tabors.

 

+2 letters: abators, abvolts, autobus, ballots, bastion, batboys, boasted, boaster, boatels, boaters, bobcats, bobstay, bombast, bonitas, borates, borstal, cobalts, combats, isobath, oblasti, oblasts, oblates, obtains, postbag, rabatos, rebatos, robusta, rubatos, sabaton, saltbox, seaboot, sorbate, subatom, tabours, tombacs, tombaks, wombats.

 

+3 letters: abettors, aborters, absolute, absonant, acrobats, airboats, antiboss, antisnob, arborist, asbestos, backmost, backouts, backstop, bailouts, banjoist, baronets, barstool, bastions, batfowls, bathoses, bayonets, bestowal, blastoff, blastoma, bloaters, boasters, boastful, boasting, boatfuls, boatings, boatsman, boatsmen, bobstays, bobtails, bombasts, borstals, botanies, botanise, botanist, broadest, bromates, bumboats, bushgoat, butanols, cabestro, cabresto, catboats, cohabits, flyboats, gunboats, hatboxes, hautbois, hautboys, iceboats, isobaths, myoblast, niobates, notables, obeisant, obstacle, obviates, offbeats, orbitals, outbacks, outbakes, outbarks, outbawls, outbeams, outboast, outbrags, pigboats, postbags, postbase, potables, probates, robustas, rowboats, sabatons, sabotage, saboteur, sailboat, seaboots, showboat, slotback, softback, softball, sorbates, sortable, sortably, stonable, stopbank, storable, stowable, strobila, subabbot, subatoms, subovate, subtaxon, subtopia, subtotal, surfboat, sweatbox, tabloids, taborers, taborets, taborins, taboulis, tallboys, tambours, tarboosh, teabowls, teaboxes, tobaccos, tollbars, tombacks, tombolas, towboats, tugboats, vibratos.

 

+4 letters: abattoirs, abbotcies, abductors, ablations, ablutions, aboiteaus, abortions, abrogates, absoluter, absolutes, absorbant, absorbent, abutilons, adsorbate, adsorbent, albatross, ambitions, ambitious, arborists, ascorbate, astrolabe, autobahns, autobuses, backstops, badmouths, ballonets, balloters, banjoists, banknotes, bareboats, baritones, barnstorm, barrators, barretors, barstools, barytones, bastinado, bastioned, bathhouse, bathrobes, bathrooms, beauteous, benzoates, bergamots, bestowals, betatrons, bevatrons, biathlons, bicoastal, biosafety, blackouts, blacktops, blastoffs, blastomas, bloviates, bluecoats, boatbills, boathooks, boathouse, boatloads, boatswain, boatyards, boltheads, boltonias, bombastic, bookstall, bootjacks, bootlaces, bootstrap, boracites, botanicas, botanised, botanises, botanists, botanizes, bouffants, breakouts, broadcast, brocatels, browbeats, bushgoats, butanones, cabestros, cabotages, cabrestos, catacombs, cobaltous, cockboats, cohobates, combaters, constable, corybants, datebooks, deadbolts, diabolist, downbeats, eastbound, faltboats, fireboats, flatboats, foldboats, footballs, footbaths, gadabouts, globalist, hardboots, hecatombs, hoofbeats, houseboat, hypoblast, idioblast, isobutane, jackboots, johnboats, keelboats, laborites, layabouts, libations, lifeboats, lobations, longboats, marabouts, mobocrats, mothballs, myoblasts, obfuscate, oblations, obligates, obligatos, obscurant, observant, obstacles, obstinacy, obstinate, obtainers, obturates, obviators, oribatids, outblazes, outbleats, outboards, outboasts, outbraves, outbrawls, outbreaks, outfables, overbeats, portables, reobtains, roborants, runabouts, sabotaged, sabotages, saboteurs, sailboats, saltboxes, sanbenito, sauceboat, showboats, slotbacks, softbacks, softballs, speedboat, spottable, starboard, steamboat, stirabout, stoneboat, stoopball, stopbanks, stoppable, storables, strobilae, stylobate, subabbots, subatomic, sublation, subrogate, subtaxons, subtopias, subtotals, surfboats, tabletops, tabooleys, taborines, tabourers, tabourets, tagboards, tailbones, tambouras, teaboards, tobaccoes, toboggans, turbocars, turbofans, vibrators, workboats.

 

+5 letters: abdicators, abductions, abductores, abiogenist, abjections, abnegators, abolitions, abominates, abruptions, absolutely, absolutest, absolution, absolutism, absolutist, absolutive, absolutize, absorbants, absorbents, absorption, absorptive, abstemious, abstention, abstractor, acrobatics, adsorbates, adsorbents, aerobatics, aitchbones, ambrotypes, amebocytes, ameloblast, antibioses, antibiosis, antibodies, approbates, arboretums, asbestoses, asbestosis, ascorbates, astarboard, astrolabes, autobusses, backcloths, backcourts, backstroke, bacteroids, badmintons, balloonist, ballpoints, bandicoots, barbitones, barnstorms, barometers, basketwork, bassoonist, bathhouses, batholiths, battailous, battalions, betrothals, blastocoel, blastocyst, blastoderm, blastodisc, blastomata, blastomere, blastopore, bloodbaths, bloodstain, boastfully, boathouses, boatswains, bombinates, bookplates, bookstalls, bootblacks, bootstraps, botanicals, botanising, bracteoles, brainstorm, breastbone, breastwork, broadcasts, broadsheet, broadtails, brominates, brontosaur, cabriolets, carbonates, catabolism, cobaltines, cobaltites, combatants, constables, contrabass, corybantes, dartboards, deathblows, diabolists, elaborates, entamoebas, ferryboats, fibroblast, footboards, globalists, hereabouts, hospitable, hospitably, houseboats, hypoblasts, iceboaters, idioblasts, incubators, isobutanes, isolatable, liberators, librations, lobsterman, matchbooks, matchboxes, metabolism, molybdates, motorboats, myeloblast, notchbacks, obbligatos, obeisantly, obfuscated, obfuscates, obituaries, obituarist, objurgates, oblateness, obscurants, observants, obturators, obviations, osteoblast, outboasted, outdebates, pasteboard, perborates, postdebate, powerboats, probations, reprobates, restorable, riverboats, rouseabout, roustabout, sabotaging, sailboater, sanbenitos, sauceboats, shortbread, showboated, sibilation, skateboard, softballer, speedboats, starboards, statoblast, steamboats, stirabouts, stoneboats, stoopballs, storyboard, stylobates, subcompact, subcordate, subjugator, sublations, suboptimal, suborbital, subrogated, subrogates, substation, subtotaled, subtotally, sweatboxes, tabboulehs, tablespoon, tabulators, tackboards, tailboards, tambourers, tarbooshes, thornbacks, throwbacks, touchbacks, turboshaft, turnabouts, vibrations, walkabouts, warbonnets, whaleboats, workbasket, worktables, yottabytes.

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

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Alternative Orthography: BASTO


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

42 41 53 54 4F

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01000010 01000001 01010011 01010100 01001111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#79

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 0053 0054 004F

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

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

3635535449

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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