Grappling Iron

  

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Grappling Iron

Definition: Grappling Iron

Grappling Iron

Noun

1. A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope.

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

 

Synonyms: Grappling Iron

Synonyms: grapnel (n), grapple (n), grappler (n), grappling hook (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Grappling Iron

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Connection

Pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl; terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post.

Refuge

Anchor, kedge; grapnel, grappling iron; sheet anchor, killick; mainstay; support; cheek; ballast.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Grappling Iron

English words defined with "grappling iron": Harpagon. (references)

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Modern Translation: Grappling Iron

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

Albanian

  

spirancë (anchor, grapnel, mooring, moorings), mbërthim (brace, fastening, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, seizing), kanxhë (coupling, crampon, drag, gaff, grab, grapnel, grapple, hook, Peavey, Peavy, peg, pothook). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مرساة حديدية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

абордажна кука (grapnel). (various references)

   

French

  

grappin (grapnel). (various references)

   

German

  

greifer (clutch, grab, sprocket), haken (belaying pin, catch, check, crotchet, crotchets, crux, cruxes, hash, hash up, hitch, hook, hooks, peg, snag, stick, trip up), enterhaken. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

א קול (hook, uncus). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

horog (clench, crotchet, fish hook, fish-hook, gaff, grapple, hanger, hitch, hook), horgony (anchor, grab, grapnel, grapple, grappling-iron). (various references)

   

Italian

  

rampino (grapple, hook). (various references)

   

Manx

  

yiarn greimmee. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

applinggray ironay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

arpu (grapple, harpoon). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

кошка (cat, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat-o-nine-tails, grapnel, grapple, moggy, pussy cat, pussycat, pussy-cat). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

malo sidro (grapnel, grapple), čaklja (grapnel, grapple). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

arpeo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

krok (bend, crook, curve, grapple, hitch, hook), hake (catch, crook, crotchet, fastener, fastening, grapple, hitch, hook, kink, pallet). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kanca (barb, catch, crampiron, crook, grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, holdfast, hook), filika demiri (grapnel, grapple, grappling hook), çengel (cedilla, grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, hanger, holdfast, hook). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Grappling Iron

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

anchoram, anchoras, corvi, corvisque, corvo, corvos, corvus, lupi, lupis, luporum, lupum, lupus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Grappling Iron

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-p-p-r-r"

-4 letters: grappling, propining.

-5 letters: aligning, aproning, galoping, ganglion, glairing, glopping, gnarling, gnarring, graining, gripping, groaning, groining, ignoring, original, pangolin, paroling, pignolia, plaining, pranging, pronging, rippling.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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