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Definition: CRABBER |
CRABBERNoun1. One who catches crabs. |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Tends equipment that permanently fixes warp and filling threads in woolen and worsted cloth to prevent uneven shrinkage during subsequent processing: Sews end of cloth to leader, using portable sewing machine, or threads cloth between rollers and through vats. Wraps end of cloth around $T3takeup roll$T1 or guides end through $T3swing-folding attachment$T1 and onto handtruck. Turns valves to admit water to vats and to regulate temperature controls, according to specifications. Turns setscrews to adjust pressure of top roller. Starts machine and turns knobs to regulate flow of cloth through vats of boiling water. May doff machine. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | The BIG CRAB is an old Chesapeake Bay crabber. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Even boat's die - once a cherished workboat of a North Carolina crabber. Credit: Fisheries. |
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| "CRABBER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CRABBER" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cornish crabber | 8 |
24 cornish crabber | 2 |
crabber | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CRABBER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кораб за ловене на раци, мърморко (crank, croaker, crosspatch, grouser, growler, grumbler, misery), маханджия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rákászhajó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | abbercray rezingão, rezinga. (various references) краболов. (various references) barco apretado. (various references) краболовне судно. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CRABBER": crabbers. (additional references) | |
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"CRABBER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chabbert, crabba, crabbe, Crabbes, crabbit, crabe, crabey, Creber, Cribben. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "CRABBER" (pronounced 'Crab"ber'): Accumber, Antenumber, Assober, Beblubber, Berber, Beslabber, Beslobber, Beslubber, Bibber, Blabber, Blobber, Bobber, Clubber, Clumber, Craber, Dabber, December, Encomber, Encumber, fibber, Gabber, grabber, jobber, Liber, lubber, Megaweber, Microweber, Milliweber, Misnumber, misremember, Nonmember, November, October, Outnumber, remember, robber, rubber, Scomber, Scraber, scrubber, Sea-blubber, September, Slibber, stabber, Swobber, tuber, Unencumber, Unlimber, Unmember, Webber. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-c-e-r-r" | |
-1 letter: barber, bracer. | |
-2 letters: acerb, barbe, barer, barre, brace, caber, carer, racer, rebar. | |
-3 letters: abbe, acre, babe, barb, bare, bear, brae, carb, care, carr, crab, race, rare, rear. | |
-4 letters: ace, arb, arc, are, bar, bra, brr, cab, car, ear, ebb, era, err, reb, rec. | |
-5 letters: ab, ae, ar, ba, be, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-c-e-r-r" | |
+1 letter: crabbers, crabbier. | |
+2 letters: barbecuer, scrabbler. | |
+3 letters: barbecuers, blackberry, breadcrumb, scrabblers, scrabblier. | |
+4 letters: backbreaker, blackbirder, breadcrumbs. | |
+5 letters: backbreakers, blackberries, blackbirders, hardscrabble. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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