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Definition: KING-POST |
KING-POSTNoun1. A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building | The middle post of a truss. Large, heavy screws, used where great strength is required, as in heavy framing or when attaching ironwork to wood. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: KING-POST |
| English words defined with "KING-POST": Crown-post ♦ Kingtruss ♦ Middle post ♦ Oueen-post. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "KING-POST": Puncheon. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "KING-POST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 国王岗位. (various references) | ||||||||||
Danish | hængesøjle, hænge (droop, hang). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | piron (finial, lead final, pinial), piroen. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | poinçon. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Giebelsaeule. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | ορθοστάτης (housing, leg, post, prop, shank, soldier, sprag, stanchion, standard, stud, vertical). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | pinnacolo (pinnacle, spire). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 임금 지 . (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ing-postkay espigão de telhado. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kingpost. | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-k-n-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: inkpots, posting, spoking, stoking, stoping. | |
-2 letters: gipons, ingots, inkpot, opting, pingos, pinkos, pinots, pintos, piston, pitons, points, poking, posing, postin, spigot, spinto, stingo, stinko, tigons, toking, toping, tsking. | |
-3 letters: ginks, gipon, gopik, ikons, ingot, kings, kinos, knits, knops, knosp, knots, oinks, oping, opsin, pingo, pings, pinko, pinks, pinot, pinto, pints, pions, piton, point. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-k-n-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: kingposts. | |
+3 letters: groupthinks, outspeaking, postmarking, stockpiling. | |
+4 letters: backstopping, outsparkling. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 49 4E 47 2D 50 4F 53 54 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01010000 01001111 01010011 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K I N G - P O S T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0049 004E 0047 002D 0050 004F 0053 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)454348411550495354 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, 중국, chinês |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, "랑스, francês |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, alemão |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, grego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아 |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, 포르투갈, português |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês |
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