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Definition: KLOOF |
KLOOFNoun1. A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end. |
Etymology: Kloof \Kloof\, noun. [from Dutch expression See Clove cleft.]. (Websters 1913) |
"KLOOF" is a common misspelling or typo for: Aloof, Color, Kola, Kook, Loaf, Look, Loot. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | S. Afr. A mountain pass or cleft; a gorge or narrow valley. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: KLOOF |
| Non-English Usage: "KLOOF" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (ravine), Dutch (crack, crevice, ravine). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Bringing in the Wounded During the Battle of Grobler's Kloof (1900) | |
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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 |
kloof street | 5 |
kloof | 2 |
bushmans kloof | 2 |
de kloof | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "KLOOF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tiefe Schlucht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oofklay ravina (Canyon, Col, couloir, donjon, flume, gules, gully, hollow, nullification, ravine), cleptomania (kleptomaniac). (various references) ущелье (coomb, couloir, defile, donga, gap, gorge, gulch, linn, notch, pass, purgatory, ravine). (various references) vadi (Canyon, clough, Combe, Coomb, Coombe, dale, dell, Glen, gorge, Vale, valley), dere (Beck, bourn, Bourne, branch, Brook, burn, Creek, dale, gully, rivulet, run, runlet, runnel, stream, Vale, valley, watercourse). (various references) hẽm núi (canyon, defile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "KLOOF": kloofs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-k-l-o-o" | |
-1 letter: folk, fool, kolo, loof, look. | |
-2 letters: loo. | |
-3 letters: lo, of. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-k-l-o-o" | |
+1 letter: kloofs. | |
+2 letters: bookful, folkmot. | |
+3 letters: bookfuls, cockloft, folklore, folkmoot, folkmote, folkmots, folksong, footlike, forelock, hooflike, rooflike, townfolk, workfolk. | |
+4 letters: bookshelf, cocklofts, folklores, folkloric, folkmoots, folkmotes, folksongs, forelocks, leakproof, townsfolk, womenfolk, workfolks. | |
+5 letters: folklorish, folklorist, footlocker, forelocked, womenfolks, yokefellow. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 4C 4F 4F 46 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- .-.. --- --- ..-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01001100 01001111 01001111 01000110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K L O O F |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 004C 004F 004F 0046 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4546494940 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | deutsch, Deutsche, alemão, немецкий, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiesisch, português, португальский, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russe, russisch, русский, Rusça, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | türkisch, турецкий, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, inglês, английский, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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