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Definition: COBWORK |
COBWORKAdjective1. Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater. |
| Language | Translations for "COBWORK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | pisé (loam, pisé). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | stampaarde (loam, pisé). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | pisé (cob, rammed-earth construction). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Stampflehm (loam, pisé), Pisee (loam, pisé). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | πλινθότοιχος (loam, pisé). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | adobe (Adobe). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | obworkcay adobe (adobe). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-k-o-o-r-w" | |
-2 letters: brock, brook, crook. | |
-3 letters: bock, book, boor, broo, brow, cook, cork, crow, kobo, rock, rook, work. | |
-4 letters: boo, bow, bro, cob, coo, cor, cow, kob, kor, orb, orc, rob, roc, row, wok, woo. | |
-5 letters: bo, or, ow, wo. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 42 57 4F 52 4B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -... .--. --- .-. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01000010 01010111 01001111 01010010 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O B W O R K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 0042 0057 004F 0052 004B |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37493657495245 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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