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Definition: Cuspidor |
CuspidorNoun1. A receptacle for spit (usually in a public place). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cuspidor" was first used: 1871. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To see a cuspidor in a dream, signifies that an unworthy attachment will be formed by you, and that your work will be neglected. To spit in one, foretells that reflections wil{sic} be cast upon your conduct. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: CuspidorSynonym: spittoon (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| 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 |
cuspidor | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cuspidor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pështymore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المبصقة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | плювалник (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | plivátko (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spuwbak (spittoon), spuugbak (spittoon), kwispedoor (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kraĉujo (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تف دان , خلطدان (Spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | crachoir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spucknapf (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πτυελοδοχείο (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | köpőcsésze (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tempat meludah, peludah (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sputacchiera (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 痰壺 (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | た"つぼ (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uspidorcay escarradeira (spittoon). (various references) плевательница (spittoon). (various references) pljuvaonica (spittoon). (various references) escupidera (spittoon). (various references) spottkopp (spittoon). (various references) tükürük hokkası (spittoon). (various references) плювальниця (spittoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conspuere. (various references) |
| Portugese | 1100-Modern | cuspidor. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cuspidor": cuspidors. (additional references) | |
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"Cuspidor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cumplido, cupido, cursitor, cuspador. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cuspidor" (pronounced 'Cus"pi*dor'): ARDOR, Candor, Comprador, Corregidor, Corridor, Fructidor, Labrador, Male-odor, malodor, Masticador, Messidor, Mirador, Nidor, Odor, Pegador, Picador, Regidor, Rodomontador, Roncador, splendor, stridor, Thermidor, toreador, Tudor, Volador. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-i-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: corpus, croups, cupids, curios, cuspid, durocs, psocid. | |
-3 letters: coirs, cords, corps, coups, crisp, crops, croup, cruds, cupid, curds, curio, dipso, disco, dorps, drips, drops, duroc, duros, pious, pisco, pours, prods, proud, pudic, puris, roups, scour, scrip, scrod, scudi, scudo, sirup, sodic, sudor, updos. | |
-4 letters: cods, coir, cops, cord, cors, coup, cris, crop, crud. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-i-o-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: cuspidors. | |
+2 letters: predacious. | |
+3 letters: duplicators, productions, supercoiled. | |
+4 letters: computerised, discomposure. | |
+5 letters: coproductions, counterpoised, discomposures, mispronounced, preinductions, propaedeutics, pseudomorphic, quadraphonics, quadriphonics, quasiperiodic, reproducibles, reproductions, reproductives, supercollider. | |
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