Butt End

  

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Butt End

Definition: Butt End

Butt End

Noun

1. Thick end of the handle.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Butt End

Synonym: butt (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Butt End

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

End

Noun: end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail; (rear); verge; (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Butt End

English words defined with "butt end": gunstockrifle buttstock. (references)
Specialty definitions using "butt end": CANDLE CUTTERhandle makerMOP-HANDLE ASSEMBLERpole-peeler helper, POLE-PEELING-MACHINE-OPERATOR HELPER, pole-shaver helperwick cutter. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Butt End

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

butt end rabbet

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Butt End

Language Translations for "butt end"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pjesë e fumdit. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(butt end of spear). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tykke ende (thick end). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

worteleinde (root, thick end). (various references)

   

French

  

gros bout. (various references)

   

German

  

Fußende (foot), Fluss (circulation, continuity, flow, fluency, flux, molten mass, rate of flow, river). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βάση στύλου (thick end), πλατύ άκρο στύλου (thick end). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

valaminek vastag. (various references)

   

Italian

  

piede (foot, leg, paw, peg). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

石突き (ferrule, shoe). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いしづき (ferrule, shoe). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uttbay enday

   

Portuguese

  

pé de um mastro (thick end). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

обух (butt). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

extremo grueso (thick end). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bösskolv, cigarettfimp (butt). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

enli uç veya sap, dipçik (butt, gunstock, rifle butt, stock). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Butt End

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-e-n-t-t-u"

-1 letter: bunted, butted, nutted.

-2 letters: bundt, butte, debut, tubed, tuned.

-3 letters: bedu, bend, bent, bund, bunt, bute, butt, debt, dent, duet, dune, dunt, nett, nude, tend, tent, tube, tune, unbe, unde.

-4 letters: bed, ben, bet, bud, bun, but, deb, den, dub, due, dun, end, neb, net, nub, nut, ted, ten, tet, tub, tun, tut.

-5 letters: be.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-e-n-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: buttoned, debutant, unbitted.

 

+2 letters: debutante, debutants, intubated.

 

+3 letters: debutantes, rebuttoned, turbinated, unbuttered, unbuttoned.

 

+4 letters: buttonholed, contributed, misbuttoned, outdebating, thunderbolt.

 

+5 letters: battleground, buttonhooked, subdebutante, thunderbolts, unattributed, undetectable, unembittered, unobstructed.

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

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INDEX

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


  

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