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Definition: Grappling Iron |
Grappling IronNoun1. 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 IronSynonyms: grapnel (n), grapple (n), grappler (n), grappling hook (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Grappling Iron |
| English words defined with "grappling iron": Harpagon. (references) |
| 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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | anchoram, anchoras, corvi, corvisque, corvo, corvos, corvus, lupi, lupis, luporum, lupum, lupus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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