CARCANET

Definition: CARCANET

CARCANET

Noun

1. A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "CARCANET" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Carcanet A small chain of jewels for the neck. (French, carcan, an iron collar.) "Like captain jewels in a carcanet." Shakespeare: Sonnets. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Jewelry	Necklace, bracelet, anklet; earring; locket, pendant, charm bracelet; ring, pinky ring; carcanet; chain, chatelaine; broach, pin, lapel pin, torque.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: CARCANET

English words defined with "CARCANET": Carkanet. (references)

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Derivations
	Words beginning with "CARCANET": carcanets. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "CARCANET" (pronounced 'Car"ca*net'): Abanet, Abnet, Bascinet, Basenet, Benet, Bennet, Bobbinet, Burgonet, Burnet, Cabinet, Canzonet, Castanet, Clarinet, Cordonnet, Cornet, Coronet, Coussinet, Cronet, Cross-garnet, Cygnet, Day-net, Dennet, Diamagnet, Dragnet, Drawnet, Elanet, Estaminet, Falconet, gannet, Ginnet, Hornet, Jaconet, jennet, Lansquenet, linnet, Lunet, magnet, Millinet, Mollinet, Orchanet, Pianet, Pinnet, Posnet, Proxenet, Punnet, Quannet, Rabinet, Rattinet, Remanet, rennet. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-n-r-t"
	-1 letter: cateran.
	-2 letters: accent, arcane, cancer, canter, carate, carnet, catena, centra, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance.
	-3 letters: aceta, anear, antae, antra, antre, areca, arena, caeca, caner, carat, caret, carte, cater, crane, crate, enact, nacre, rance, ratan, react, reata, recta, trace.
	-4 letters: acne, acre, acta, anta, ante, area, caca, cane, cant, care, carn, cart, cate, ceca, cent.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-n-r-t"
	+1 letter: carcanets, reactance.
	+2 letters: accelerant, anticancer, cantatrice, crustacean, inaccurate, pancreatic, reactances.
	+3 letters: accelerants, anacreontic, attractance, cantatrices, crustaceans, gnatcatcher, incarcerate, revaccinate.
	+4 letters: accelerating, acceleration, accretionary, accurateness, anacreontics, anticlerical, attractances, charactering, coacervation, contraoctave, gnatcatchers, inaccurately, incarcerated, incarcerates, noncharacter, recalcitrant, revaccinated, revaccinates, transoceanic.
	+5 letters: accelerations, accreditation, anticlericals, attractancies, coacervations, contraoctaves, counterattack, cyanoacrylate, cyanobacteria, incarcerating, incarceration, intergalactic, noncharacters, plantocracies, practicalness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitrants, recalculating, recalculation, revaccinating, revaccination, unspectacular.
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