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Definition: KIER |
KIERNoun1. A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve. |
Note: Kier \Kier\, noun. [Icel. ker tub.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | A container, vat, or some similar mechanical device in which. . . cloth may be washed, scoured, boiled, rinsed, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: KIER |
| English words defined with "KIER": Bucking kier ♦ Keeve, Keir. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "KIER": drier operator, DRYING-MACHINE OPERATOR, PACKAGE YARNS ♦ kier drier ♦ oven-drier tender ♦ package drier, port drier. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "KIER" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (crack, crevice), Papiamen (be willing to, love, want, wish). |
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The KIER was establishment in 1977 as a non-profit scientific research institute supported by the government. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "KIER" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 89.13% of the time. "KIER" is used about 46 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) | 89.13% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 6.52% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.35% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 46 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "KIER" 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 |
| Kier | Last name | 1,000 | 16,874 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Kier Group Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "KIER": Bucking kier. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "KIER": kier-boil-hypochlorite. | |
| 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 |
kier | 39 |
kier lady miss | 31 |
udo kier | 30 |
kier lady | 17 |
editorial kier | 10 |
kier group | 10 |
dullea kier | 4 |
joel kier | 4 |
efraim kier | 4 |
jack kier | 3 |
kier sara | 2 |
kier wright | 2 |
construction kier | 2 |
kier kirby | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "KIER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | autoklaveaffedtningsapparat (apparatus for scouring in autoclaves, autoclave, pressure kier). (various references) | |
Finnish | painepannu puuvillan keittoon (apparatus for scouring in autoclaves, autoclave, pressure kier), painepannu (apparatus for scouring in autoclaves, autoclave, pressure kier). (various references) | |
French | cuve débouillir, autoclave blanchiment. (various references) | |
German | Abkoch-Druckapparat (apparatus for scouring in autoclaves, autoclave, pressure kier). (various references) | |
Greek | συσκευή πλυσίματος προετοιμασίας υπό πίεση (apparatus for scouring in autoclaves, autoclave, pressure kier), αυτόκλειστο (autoclave). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ierkay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aparelho de fervura em autoclave (apparatus for scouring in autoclaves, autoclave, pressure kier), "kier" de pressão (apparatus for scouring in autoclaves, autoclave, pressure kier). (various references) | |
Spanish | autoclave (autoclave). (various references) | |
Swedish | bykpanna för övertryck (apparatus for scouring in autoclaves, autoclave, pressure kier). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thùng chuội vải. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "KIER": kiers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "KIER": balkier, barkier, baulkier, beakier, blockier, boskier, brakier, brickier, bulkier, cakier, chalkier, cheekier, chinkier, chokier, chunkier, clunkier, cockier, corkier, crankier, creakier, croakier, dickier, dinkier, dorkier, duckier, duskier, finickier, finnickier, flakier, flockier, flukier, forkier, freakier, friskier, funkier, gawkier, geekier, hokier, hookier, hulkier, hunkier, huskier, ickier, inkier, jerkier, jokier, junkier, kickier, kinkier, kookier, lakier. (additional references) | |
Words containing "KIER": nonskiers, skiers. (additional references) | |
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"KIER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ceir, cier, kaber, kabr, Kaher, kair, kare, Kcie, kear, keery, kei, keia, keif, keig, Keirn, keit, keiv, Keker, ker, kerei, kerz, keyer, Keyzer, kezer, Kher, kia, kiber, kidr, kied, kieg, kien, kiew, kifer, kije, Kiker, kiler, kiner, kir, kire, kirey, kiter, kiu, kixe, kize, Kizer, kkeerr, kler, Klier, koir, kure, Kyber, kyr, Kyra, kyre, Okyere. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "KIER" (pronounced ki"r) |
| 2 | -i" r | adhere, Amir, appear, auctioneer, austere, bandolier, beer, belvedere, bioengineer, bombardier, Brigadier, budgeteer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, cheer, Chevalier, clear, commandeer, conventioneer, dear, deer, disappear, domineer, ear, electioneer, emir, engineer, fear, financier, fleer, Frere, frontier, gear, gondolier, hear, here, insincere, interfere, jeer, Lear, marketeer, mere, mir, mutineer, near, overhear, pamphleteer, peer, persevere, pier, pioneer, premier, premiere, profiteer, queer, Racketeer, Rainier, reappear, rear, reengineer, rehear, revere, sear, sere, severe, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, souvenir, spear, Speer, speir, sphere, steer, summiteer, unclear, veer, veneer, volunteer, year, Zaire. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: keir. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-k-r" | |
-1 letter: ire, irk, kir, rei. | |
-2 letters: er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-k-r" | |
+1 letter: biker, diker, hiker, icker, inker, irked, kefir, keirs, kiers, kiter, kyrie, liker, piker, reink, siker, skier, trike. | |
+2 letters: bicker, bikers, bilker, birkie, cakier, crikey, daiker, dicker, dikers, dirked, duiker, hikers, hokier, ickers, ickier, inkers, inkier, jerkin, jinker, jokier, kaiser, kefirs, kermis, kerria, kicker, kidder, killer, kilter, kinder, kipper, kirned, kirtle, kisser, kiters, knifer, krises, kyries, lakier, licker, likers, linker, milker, mirker, nicker, picker, pikers, pinker, pokier, reinks, reknit, relink, ricked, rickey, risked, risker, rookie, shriek, shrike, sicker, sinker, skiers, skiver, spiker, strike, ticker, tinker, trikes, wicker, winker. | |
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