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Oyster Bed

Definition: Oyster Bed

Oyster Bed

Noun

1. A workplace where oysters are bred and grown.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Oyster Bed

Synonyms: oyster bank (n), oyster park (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Oyster Bed

English words defined with "oyster bed": Shell road. (references)
Specialty definitions using "oyster bed": lumachelle. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Oyster Bed

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Oyster Bed

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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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Oyster Bed

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Oyster Bed

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.
 
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pjs oyster bed

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Modern Translation: Oyster Bed

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

   

Portuguese

  

ostreira (oyster bank), viveiro de ostras (flounce, oyster farm, oysters, Park). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

banc de stridii. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

устричная отмель (oyster bank, oyster-bank). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

mesto gde rastu ostrige (oyster bank). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

criadero de ostras (oyster farm, oyster-park). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ostronbank (oyster bank, oyster-park). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

istiridye yatağı (oyster bank). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

устрична сажалка (oyster farm), устрична мілина. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Oyster Bed

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Oyster Bed


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 79 73 74 65 72      42 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000010 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#121 &#115 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#66 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0079 0073 0074 0065 0072      0042 0065 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4991858671842367170

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Oyster Bed"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, 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, преводbulgr, 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, překladçek, 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, traductionfrëngjishte, 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, fordításунгарски 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, traduzioneиталиански 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, baghtgjuha 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, traduçãoportugez, 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, tãlmãcirerumun, 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, перемещениеруски 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, tumačenjeservo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, 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, översättningsuedez, 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, tercümeturk, 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, переміщенняukrainisht, 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, Translationanglezët, 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
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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