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Definition: FLAT ROPE |
FLAT ROPE1. A rope made by plaiting instead of twisting; gasket; sennit. Note: Some flat hoisting ropes, as for mining shafts, are made by sewing together a number of ropes, making a wide, flat band. --Knight. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A steel rope made up of a number of loosely twisted four-strand ropes placed side by side, the lay of the adjacent strands being in opposite directions to secure uniformity in wear and to prevent twisting duringwinding. The strands are sewn together with steel wire. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FLAT ROPE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | câble plat cramponné (clamped flat rope), câble plat à couture simple (single stitched flat rope), câble plat à couture double (double stitched flat rope). (various references) | |
German | geklammertes Flachseil (clamped flat rope), geklammert Flachseil (clamped flat rope). (various references) | |
Italian | fune piatta a cucitura semplice (single stitched flat rope), fune piatta a cucitura doppia (double stitched flat rope). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atflay operay.(various references) | |
Spanish | cable plano con costura sencilla (single stitched flat rope), cable plano con costura doble (double stitched flat rope). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-l-o-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: floater, prolate, refloat. | |
-2 letters: falter, florae, floret, foetal, folate, loafer, lofter, palter, parole, patrol, pelota, petrol, plater, portal, protea, replot. | |
-3 letters: afore, after, alert, aloft, alter, aport, apter, artel, farle, feral, fetal, fetor, flare, float, flora, flota, forte, later, leapt, lepta, loper, oater, ofter, opera, orate, paler, palet, pareo, parle, parol, pater, pearl. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-l-o-p-r-t" | |
+2 letters: perfoliate, prefrontal, profitable, profligate. | |
+3 letters: patelliform, prefrontals, profligates, proliferate. | |
+4 letters: craftspeople, flavoprotein, preformulate, profligately, proliferated, proliferates, unprofitable. | |
+5 letters: flavoproteins, parfocalities, preformulated, preformulates, proliferating, proliferation, proliferative, ultrapowerful, wafflestomper. | |
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