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Definition: HATCHMENT |
HATCHMENTNoun1. A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity. 2. A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement. |
Date "HATCHMENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Heraldry, crest; coat of arms, arms; armorial bearings, hatchment; escutcheon, scutcheon; shield, supporters; livery, uniform; epaulet, chevron; garland, love knot, favor. |
Interment | Monument, cenotaph, shrine; grave stone, head stone, tomb stone; memento mori; hatchment, stone; obelisk, pyramid. |
Record | Monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento; (memory); testimonial, medal; commemoration; (celebration). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "HATCHMENT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "HATCHMENT" is used about 3 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 (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "HATCHMENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | címerpajzs gyászházon, címerpajzs (armoral bearings, armorial bearings, armorial ensigns, blazon, coat of arms, crest, escutcheon, heraldic bearing), címer (armorial bearings, armorial ensigns, armour, arms, bearings, blazon, coat of arms, cognizance, crest, escutcheon, king of arms, scutcheon). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atchmenthay.(various references) | |
Romanian | blazon (arm, blazon, chevron, escutcheon, heraldry). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HATCHMENT": hatchments. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-h-m-n-t-t" | |
-2 letters: etchant, hatchet, manchet. | |
-3 letters: anthem, chetah, hetman, manche, thatch. | |
-4 letters: ament, chant, cheat, cheth, enact, hance, hatch, heath, mache, match, matte, meant, menta, natch, neath, tacet, tache, teach, tecta, tench, tenth, thane, theca, theta. | |
-5 letters: ache, acme, acne, ahem, amen, ante, came, cane, cant, cate, cent, cham, chat, each, eath, etch, etna, haem, haen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-h-m-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: hatchments. | |
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