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Definition: Little Dipper |
Little DipperNoun1. A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Little DipperSynonym: Dipper (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
World | Constellation, zodiac, signs of the zodiac, Charles's wain, Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Great Bear, Southern Cross, Orion's belt, Cassiopea's chair, Pleiades. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Little Dipper |
| English words defined with "Little Dipper": North Star ♦ polar star, Polaris, polestar. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "Little Dipper": the little dipper. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
little dipper | 79 |
rival little dipper | 4 |
little dipper pool slide | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Little Dipper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | arusha e vogël (canis minor, cynosure, the little dipper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | малката мечка (cynosure, dog's tail, minor ursa, the lesser wain, the little dipper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kleiner bär. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μικρή άρκτοσ (cynosure, ursa minor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ittlelay ipperday Малая Медведица (Lesser Bear, Little Bear, the Little Dipper). (various references) mali medved. (various references) küçükayı (cynosure, lesser bear, little bear, ursa minor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-l-l-p-p-r-t-t" | |
-4 letters: lippered, littered, perilled, pipetted, prettied, retitled, tillered, triplite. | |
-5 letters: dippier, lippier, littler, peptide, periled, perlite, pettier, pettled, pipette, preedit, prepill, prilled, replied, reptile, retiled, retitle, rippled, ripplet, riptide, tiderip, tillite, tippier, tippled, tippler, trilled, tripled, triplet, tripped, trippet. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-i-l-l-p-p-r-t-t" | |
+5 letters: lepidopterologist. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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