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Fahr

Definition: Fahr

Fahr

Adjective

1. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure; "the Fahrenheit scale".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Fahr" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1864. (references)

"Fahr" is a common misspelling or typo for: Far, Fare, Farm, Faro, Father, Fear, Fir, For, Fur.

 

Synonyms: Fahr

Synonyms: f (adj), fahrenheit (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: celsius (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Fahr

English words defined with "Fahr": Blood heatCryophorusfreezing pointLigroinmelting pointUnit of heat, Unit of measureWater thermometer. (references)

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Modern Usage: Fahr

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Schwester! Fahr zur Hölle (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Fahr

DomainTitle

References

  • Maschinenfabrik Fahr AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Das Kloster Fahr im Mittelalter : mundus in gutta (reference)

  • Fahr dem Herren durch den Sinn! : Auguste Eisenlohr--ein Frauenleben im Vormärz (reference)

  • Fahr hinaus in das Nachtmeer : Gedichte (reference)

  • Fahr zur Hölle, Charlie! : der Vietnamkrieg im amerikanischen Film (reference)

  • Gesetz und Vorhersage herausgegeben von Paul Weingartner ; Beiträge von Hans J. Fahr ... [et al] (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Fahr

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

"Dr. Wilson and Lieut. Bowers reading the ramp thermometer in the winter night, -40 Fahr. (A flashlight photograph.) In: "Scott's Last Expedition ....", 1913. Dodd, Mead, and Company. New York. Volume I. Page 221. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Fahr
 

"Deutz Fahr Trucks 2" by Maximo Rodriguez
Commentary: "<br>our Deutz fahr 55."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Usage in Company Names: Fahr

CountryName
Germany

Maschinenfabrik Fahr AG

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fahr

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

deutz fahr

43

fahr

12

deutz fahr tractor

6

agrokid deutz fahr

5

4065 deutz fahr hts

4

fahr oded

4

deutz fahr same

4

bkk fahr

2

celsius fahr

2

deutz fahr ks

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Fahr

Language Translations for "Fahr"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

华氏 (Fahrenheit). (various references)

   

Danish

  

malign nefro(angio)sklerose (Fahr-Volhard disease, malignant nephrosclerosis, Volhard-Fahr disease). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kwaadaardige nephroangiosclerosis (Fahr-Volhard disease, malignant nephrosclerosis, Volhard-Fahr disease), kwaadaardige nefroangiosclerose (Fahr-Volhard disease, malignant nephrosclerosis, Volhard-Fahr disease). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pahanlaatuinen munuaisen angioskleroosi (Fahr-Volhard disease, malignant nephrosclerosis, Volhard-Fahr disease), maligni nefroangioskleroosi (Fahr-Volhard disease, malignant nephrosclerosis, Volhard-Fahr disease). (various references)

   

French

  

néphroangiosclérose maligne (Fahr-Volhard disease), maladie de Fahr (Fahr disease). (various references)

   

German

  

Fahr-Syndrom (Fahr disease), Fahr-Krankheit (Fahr disease). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κακοήθης νεφραγγειοσκλήρυνση (Fahr-Volhard disease, malignant nephrosclerosis, Volhard-Fahr disease). (various references)

   

Italian

  

nefrosclerosi arteriolare maligna (Fahr-Volhard disease, malignant nephrosclerosis, Volhard-Fahr disease). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

화씨 (Fahrenheit). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ahrfay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

nefrosclerosis maligna (Fahr-Volhard disease, malignant nephrosclerosis, Volhard-Fahr disease), nefroangiosclerosis maligna (Fahr-Volhard disease, malignant nephrosclerosis, Volhard-Fahr disease). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Fahr

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-h-r"

-1 letter: arf, far, rah.

-2 letters: ah, ar, fa, ha.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-h-r"
 

+1 letter: wharf.

 

+2 letters: afresh, chafer, father, hafter, sharif, shofar, trefah, wharfs.

 

+3 letters: chafers, chaffer, chamfer, chaufer, fairish, farinha, farther, fathers, feather, flasher, fraught, futharc, futhark, garfish, haftara, hafters, harmful, hayfork, oarfish, raffish, ratfish, sharifs, shofars, terefah, wharfed.

 

+4 letters: affright, boarfish, chaffers, chaffier, chamfers, chamfron, chanfron, chaufers, chauffer, crawfish, crayfish, draffish, dwarfish, farinhas, farmhand, farouche, farthest, farthing, fathered, fatherly, feathers, feathery, firehall, flashers, flashier, forehand, forehead, fraughts, freakish, freehand, freshman, futharcs, futharks, grayfish, haftarah, haftaras, haftarot, haftorah, haftorot, hangfire, hausfrau, hayforks, parflesh, starfish, wharfage, wharfing, wrathful.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Names: Company Usage
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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