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Definition: DORR |
DORRNoun1. The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor. Transitive verb1. To deafen with noise. 2. To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t. |
Crosswords: DORR |
| English words defined with "DORR": Dor. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DORR": mechanical classifier. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | Nantucket Harbor, Massachusetts Surveyed by Henry L. Whiting, 1846; updated by Frederick W. Dorr, 1865 Topographic Survey T-205. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The great political car and last load of patriots. Dorr, Jackson, Simmons and Arnold!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. Tripod signal erected by Capts. Dorr and Donn of U.S. Coast Survey at Pulpit Rock on Lookout Mountain. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Unidentified man, probably Thomas Wilson Dorr, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Maples, residence of Mrs. Julia C.R. Dorr, Rutland, Vt. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Dorr bridge, Rutland, Vt. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Rutland, Vt., Dorr Place (the Maples) & Dorr Road. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Julia C. R. Dorr | Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it groweth old, And life's latest sands are its sands of gold! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "DORR" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dorr | Last name | 2,000 | 6,085 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Dorr, MI |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hale and dorr | 116 | dorr flower | 4 |
dorr mi | 40 | robert dorr | 4 |
dorr oliver | 36 | aviation dorr | 4 |
dorr | 10 | dorr q suzanne | 4 |
dorr kevin | 9 | dorr lake | 3 |
john dorr | 8 | lawrence dorr | 3 |
dorr eimco oliver | 8 | dorr township | 3 |
charles dorr | 7 | dorr mia | 3 |
nell dorr | 7 | dorr mill | 3 |
hale and dorr llp | 6 | dorr tom | 3 |
county dorr | 6 | dorr mill store | 2 |
county dorr wisconsin | 5 | dorr james s | 2 |
bryan dorr | 5 | auto dorr salvage | 2 |
dorr michigan | 4 | ||
auto dorr salvage | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "DORR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Dorr-omrører (Dorr agitator), Dorr sedimenteringsglas (Dorr settler), mekaninsk sættebassin af Dorr-typen (Dorr thickener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Dorr-roerder (Dorr agitator), Dorr-classificeerder (Dorr classifier), mechanische Dorr-indikker (Dorr thickener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Dorrin sekoitin (Dorr agitator), Dorrin sakeutin (Dorr thickener), Dorrin lajittelulaite (Dorr classifier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | décanteur Dorr (Dorr settler), appareil de classement Dorr (Dorr classifier), agitateur de Dorr (Dorr agitator), épaississeur mécanique de Dorr (Dorr thickener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Dorr-Rechenklassierer (Dorr classifier), Dorr-Rührwerk (Dorr agitator), Dorr-Mischwerk (Dorr agitator), Dorr-Eindicker (Dorr thickener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθιζητήρας του Dorr (Dorr settler), παχυντής Dorr (Dorr thickener), αναδευτήρας του Dorr (Dorr agitator), ταξινομητής του Dorr (Dorr classifier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | decantatore Dorr (Dorr classifier, Dorr settler), agitatore Dorr (Dorr agitator), addensatore meccanico Dorr (Dorr thickener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orrday classificador Dorr (Dorr classifier), agitador Dorr (Dorr agitator). (various references) жук (beetle, bug, dor, dor-beetle, dor-bug). (various references) balegar (dor, dor-beetle, dor-bug, dung beetle). (various references) decantador Dorr (Dorr settler), espesador mecánico de Dorr (Dorr thickener). (various references) tordyvel (dor, dor-beetle, dor-bug), skalbagge (beetle, bug, coleopteran, dor, dor-beetle, dor-bug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DORR": dorrs. (additional references) | |
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"DORR" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dorrf, dorro, Dorz, Dror, Duerr, Duror, durr, Dvor, Worrr. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DORR" (pronounced dô"r) |
| 3 | d ô" r | adore, door, Dore. |
| 2 | -ô" r | abhor, antiwar, anymore, ashore, before, boar, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, decor, deplore, drawer, explore, floor, for, fore, four, galore, Gore, guarantor, hardcore, heretofore, Hoar, ignore, implore, inshore, lore, Mor, more, nor, oar, offshore, or, ore, outpour, outscore, pore, postwar, pour, prewar, rapport, restore, roar, score, Senor, shore, snore, soar, sore, spore, store, swore, tor, tore, Torr, underscore, war, whore, wore, yore, your. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-o-r-r" | |
-1 letter: dor, rod. | |
-2 letters: do, od, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: ardor, dorrs, order. | |
+2 letters: adorer, ardors, ardour, border, corder, dormer, dorper, dorser, dourer, droner, drover, horrid, orders, ordure, ramrod, record, reword, roared, sordor, torrid. | |
+3 letters: adjuror, adorers, adorner, airdrop, arbored, ardours, armored, arrowed, boarder, borders, bordure, broader, broider, brooder, corders, corrade, corrida, corrode, corrody, crowder, dhourra, dorkier, dormers, dorpers, dorsers, droller, droners, dropper, drosera, drovers, drowner, eardrop, forward, froward, grodier, hoarder, mirador, orchard, ordered, orderer, orderly, ordures, overdry, parador, prodder, prouder, ramrods, razored, readorn, reboard, rebored, records, redroot, redrove, remorid, reorder, reredos, rewords, rhodora, ripcord, rondure, rounder, rowdier, rumored, sordors, stridor, warlord, wordier, worried. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 4F 52 52 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- .-. .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001111 01010010 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D O R R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 004F 0052 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38495252 |
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