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Definition: FLESHER |
FLESHERNoun1. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife. 2. A butcher. |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Untanned flesh split of a lamb or sheep skin. In U. K. sometimes called a "lining" Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Scrapes particles of flesh, fat, or protective tissue from skins or pelts to clean and soften them: Scrapes particles off with knife or straddles bench that has vertical knife attached and pulls skin over angled knife to remove excess or precise amount of particles, taking care not to cut into skins. Sharpens cutting edges of knife and bends knife to specified shaving angle, using handtools. May use rotary knife or rotary blade to scrape pelts. May be designated according to kind of pelt scraped as Rabbit Flesher (leather mfg.). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FLESHER |
| Specialty definitions using "FLESHER": fur scraper ♦ hide cleaner ♦ pelt scraper. (references) |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "FLESHER" 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 |
| Flesher | Last name | 1,000 | 9,575 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "FLESHER": white flesher. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "FLESHER": white-flesher. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
flesher hinton | 5 |
flesher | 3 |
ari flesher | 3 |
bob flesher | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FLESHER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | flesher (lining). (various references) | |
Finnish | mokka (lining, mocha), lammashaljas (lining). (various references) | |
French | chair (flesh). (various references) | |
German | Schaffleischspalt (lining). (various references) | |
Italian | crosta di pelle ovina (lining). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | esherflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pele em bruto (lining). (various references) | |
Swedish | köttspalt (lining). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FLESHER": fleshers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FLESHER" (pronounced fle"sher) |
| 3 | -e" sh er | fresher, pressure, refresher, Thresher. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: herself. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-h-l-r-s" | |
-1 letter: fleers, refels. | |
-2 letters: feels, feres, fleer, flees, flesh, frees, fresh, heels, heres, herls, leers, lehrs, reefs, reels, refel, sheer, shelf. | |
-3 letters: eels, else, feel, fees, fehs, fere, flee, free, heel, here, herl, hers, leer, lees, lehr, reef, reel, rees, refs, resh, seel, seer, self, sere, serf. | |
-4 letters: eel, efs, elf, els, ere, ers, fee. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-h-l-r-s" | |
+1 letter: feldsher, fleshers, fleshier. | |
+2 letters: feldshers, fleshlier, fletchers, freeholds, hellfires, reshuffle, shellfire. | |
+3 letters: fatherless, feverishly, freewheels, horseflesh, horseflies, parfleches, parfleshes, reshuffled, reshuffles, shellfires. | |
+4 letters: featherless, fleahoppers, freeholders, leafhoppers. | |
+5 letters: anglerfishes, cheerfullest, cheerfulness, chesterfield, fatherliness, fluegelhorns, freewheelers, horsefleshes, refreshingly, shellfishery, silverfishes, whiffletrees. | |
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