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Definition: Flinders |
FlindersNoun1. British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814). 2. A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Flinders" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Flinders \Flin"ders\, plural noun. [Scottish flenders, flendris; perhaps akin to English flutter; compare to Dutch flenters rags, broken pieces.]. (references) |
Synonyms: FlindersSynonyms: sliver (n), splinter (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Flinders |
| Etymologies containing "Flinders": Flindermouse. (references) |
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| "Flinders Street Station" by Tyniuz C. Commentary: "3 photos combined into 1 to make panoramic view of Flinders Street Station along the yarra river in melbourne. all 3 pics were taken at slightly different settings :( but thanks to photoshop its not so obvious." | "Solar panels" by Oliver Ransom Commentary: "Solar power station in the flinders ranges, south australia." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "Flinders" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 69.70% of the time. "Flinders" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 69.7% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (plural) | 24.24% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 6.06% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 33 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Flinders" 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 |
| Flinders | Last name | 170 | 51,849 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Australia | Flinders Industrial Property Trust |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Flinders": Matthew Flinders ♦ Sir Matthew Flinders. Additional references. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
flinders university | 56 | flinders medical school | 3 |
matthew flinders | 43 | flinders petrie | 3 |
polly flinders | 19 | flinders station | 3 |
flinders range | 17 | captain flinders joel matthew | 3 |
flinders | 13 | holiday inn on flinders | 3 |
dress flinders polly | 11 | flinders street | 3 |
to flinders island | 8 | flinders ranger | 2 |
center flinders medical | 8 | explorer flinders matthew | 2 |
australia flinders south university | 8 | flinders station street | 2 |
flinders mathew | 7 | australia flinders reef | 2 |
flinders uni | 6 | adelaide flinders university | 2 |
bass flinders | 4 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Flinders"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Copa (rags, shivers), Çikla-mikla. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Парченца (Smithers), Късчета, Трески. (various references) | |
Czech | Tříska (chip, shiver, sliver, spill, splinter). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Forgács (bur, burr, chippings, paring, raspings, shavings, shiver, shivers, sliver, spall, trimmings). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | indersflay.(various references) | |
Romanian | Bucãţi (asunder, disjoint, divide, in pieces, take apart, take to pieces, undo). (various references) | |
Russian | Куски. (various references) | |
Swedish | Stycken, Spillror (debris, flotsam and jetsam, rubble, splinters, wreckage). (various references) | |
Turkish | Parçalar (fitment, parts, pieces), Kıymıklar. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Flinders" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Felindre, fflanders, Flandern, flandre, flinder, Linders, Lindors. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Flinders" (pronounced fli"nderz) |
| 5 | -i" n d er z | cinders, hinders, winders. |
| 4 | -n d er z | Alexanders, contenders, bartenders, benders, binders, blenders, Blinders, blunders, bystanders, calendars, commanders, condors, cylinders, defenders, Enders, engenders, extenders, fenders, finders, flounders, founders, genders, gerrymanders, grinders, highlanders, islanders, Landers, lenders, mainlanders, meanders, offenders, ponders, pounders, pretenders, reminders, renders, responders, salamanders, Sanders, senders, spenders, surrenders, suspenders, tenders, thunders, transponders, vendors, wanders, wonders, zanders. |
| 3 | -d er z | ambassadors, considers, copyreaders, corridors, bandleaders, bewilders, bidders, birders, bladders, boarders, bondholders, borders, boulders, breeders, builders, camcorders, cardholders, cedars, Cheddars, cheerleaders, Crusaders, decoders, disorders, elders, evaders, feeders, fielders, folders, forwarders, freeholders, freeloaders, girders, gliders, graders, guilders, herders, holders, homesteaders, householders, infielders, insiders, intruders, invaders, ladders, landholders, leaders, loaders, marauders, molders, murders, odors, officeholders, orders, outfielders, outriders, outsiders, policyholders, powders, providers, raiders, readers, recorders, riders, ringleaders, shareholders, shipbuilders, shoulders, shredders, shudders, snowboarders, speeders, spiders, stakeholders, stepladders, stockholders, traders, waders, welders. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-i-l-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: finders, flinder, friends, redfins, refinds. | |
-2 letters: diners, elfins, felids, fields, fiends, filers, finder, fliers, friend, idlers, infers, lifers, liners, redfin, refind, rifled, rifles, rinsed, sidler, slider, snider. | |
-3 letters: defis, deils, delfs, delis, diner, dines, dirls, dries, elfin, felid, fends, ferns, field, fiend, filed, filer, files, finds, fined, finer, fines, fired, fires, firns, flied. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-i-l-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: infolders. | |
+2 letters: cornfields, floridness, friendless, friendlies, infielders, interfolds. | |
+3 letters: brownfields, desulfuring, dragonflies, fingerholds, friendliest, girlfriends, grainfields, ladyfingers, windflowers. | |
+4 letters: deflorations, faultfinders, floridnesses, friendliness, pridefulness. | |
+5 letters: deflagrations, desulfurizing, differentials, foolhardiness, furazolidones, resolidifying, splendiferous, unfriendliest. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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