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Definition: Oyster Bed |
Oyster BedNoun1. A workplace where oysters are bred and grown. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Oyster BedSynonyms: oyster bank (n), oyster park (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Oyster Bed |
| English words defined with "oyster bed": Shell road. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "oyster bed": lumachelle. (references) |
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![]() | Shells containing oyster spat raised by the Oyster Recovery Partnership are piled up waiting to be moved to a permanent oyster bed off of the Severn River. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | Hundred of starfish dredged or scraped off an oyster bed. Starfish attack young oysters and threaten the well-being of the oyster crop. F&WL 12,416. Credit: Fisheries. |
![]() | An oyster bed. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Working an oyster bed. Rock Point, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | When an outbreak is traced to an oyster bed, health officials recommend closing the oyster bed until conditions are less favorable for V. parahaemolyticus. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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 |
pjs oyster bed | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "oyster bed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vivar për rritjen e gocave të detit (oyster bank, oyster farm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | място за развъждане на стриди (oyster bank), плитчина където има стриди (oyster bank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ústřicová lavice. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | parc huîtres (oyster farm, oyster field, oyster ground, oyster lay, oyster park). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | osztrigatelep (bed of oysters, oyster bank, oyster farm, scaup). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | parco ostreicolo (dike, laying, oyster farm, oyster field, oyster ground, oyster lay, oyster park), parco ostreario (dike, laying, oyster farm, oyster field, oyster ground, oyster lay, oyster park). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | behrtagh ooastyragh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oysteray edbay ostreira (oyster bank), viveiro de ostras (flounce, oyster farm, oysters, Park). (various references) banc de stridii. (various references) устричная отмель (oyster bank, oyster-bank). (various references) mesto gde rastu ostrige (oyster bank). (various references) criadero de ostras (oyster farm, oyster-park). (various references) ostronbank (oyster bank, oyster-park). (various references) istiridye yatağı (oyster bank). (various references) устрична сажалка (oyster farm), устрична мілина. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-o-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: bestrode, oystered, storeyed. | |
-2 letters: bedsore, debtors, destroy, obeyers, oersted, sobered, stroyed, teredos. | |
-3 letters: berets, bested, bredes, breeds, debtor, debyes, desert, desorb, deters, doters, dryest, erodes, obeyed, obeyer, oyster, rebody, redoes, redyes, rested, sorbed, sorbet, sorted, stereo, stored, storey, strobe, strode, teredo, toyers, yester. | |
-4 letters: beers, beery, beets, beret, beset, besot, bodes, bored, bores, borts. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-o-r-s-t-y" | |
+5 letters: decarboxylates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 79 73 74 65 72      42 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000010 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O y s t e r   B e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0079 0073 0074 0065 0072      0042 0065 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4991858671842367170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainien, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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