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Definition: BURROCK |
BURROCKNoun1. A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed. |
Note: Burrock \Bur"rock\, noun. [Perh. from Anglo-Saxon burg, burh, hill -ock.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hindrance | Beaver dam; trocha; barricade; (defense); wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne; bulkhead, block, buffer; stopper; boom, dam, weir, burrock. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "BURROCK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | небольшая запруда на реке. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "BURROCK" (pronounced 'Bur"rock'): Girrock, Parrock, Rendrock, shamrock, Woodrock. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-k-o-r-r-u" | |
-2 letters: brock, bucko, burro, cruor. | |
-3 letters: bock, buck, burr, cork, curb, curr, rock, ruck. | |
-4 letters: bro, brr, bur, cob, cor, cub, cur, kob, kor, orb, orc, our, rob, roc, rub, urb. | |
-5 letters: bo, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-k-o-r-r-u" | |
+5 letters: backgrounder. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 52 52 4F 43 4B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. .-. --- -.-. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01010010 01010010 01001111 01000011 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U R R O C K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 0052 0052 004F 0043 004B |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36555252493745 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | русский |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английский |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Rhymes 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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