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Definition: Plimsoll |
PlimsollNoun1. Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded. 2. (British) a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: PlimsollSynonym: load line (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Measurement | Flood mark, high water mark; Plimsoll line; index. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Plimsoll |
| English words defined with "Plimsoll": Plimsoll's mark. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Plimsoll": Deadweight. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Plimsoll" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 57.89% of the time. "Plimsoll" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 57.89% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (singular) | 36.84% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Plimsoll": plimsoll line ♦ plimsoll mark. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Plimsoll": plimsoll-line, plimsoll-shod. | |
| 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 |
line plimsoll | 7 |
plimsoll | 6 |
mark plimsoll | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Plimsoll"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Këpucë Tenisi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ватерлиния (plimsoll line, plimsoll's-mark-line, waterline), диск на плимсол (plimsoll line). (various references) | |
Czech | Teniska (sneaker). (various references) | |
Danish | lastelinje(mærke) (Plimsoll line). (various references) | |
Dutch | Plimsollmerk (Plimsoll line), uitwateringsmerk (Plimsoll line), lastlijn (laden waterline, load waterline, Plimsoll line), laadlijn (laden waterline, load waterline, Plimsoll line). (various references) | |
Finnish | lastimerkki (Plimsoll line). (various references) | |
French | ligne de franc-bord (Plimsoll line). (various references) | |
German | Turnschuh (gym shoe). (various references) | |
Greek | παπούτσι με λαστιχένια σόλα (sneaker). (various references) | |
Hungarian | plimsoll vonal (plimsoll line), merülési vonal (plimsoll line). (various references) | |
Italian | linea di carico (Plimsoll line). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 載貨吃水線 (Plimsoll mark, the draft line). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さいかきっすいせ" (Plimsoll mark, the draft line). (various references) | |
Manx | yn clat (Plimsoll line). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | imsollplay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | marca Plimsoll (Plimsoll line). (various references) | |
Russian | грузовая марка (plimsoll line, plimsoll's mark-line). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | plimsolova linija (plimsoll line, plimsoll's mark-line). (various references) | |
Spanish | línea de máxima carga (plimsoll line, plimsoll mark), línea de carga (load-line). (various references) | |
Swedish | lastmärke (load-line, plimsoll line). (various references) | |
Turkish | azami su kesimi işareti (plimsoll line, plimsoll mark). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | $plimsoll line. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Plimsoll": plimsolls. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-l-l-l-m-o-p-s" | |
-1 letter: plimsol. | |
-3 letters: limos, limps, lolls, mills, milos, moils, molls, pills, polis, polls, spill, spoil. | |
-4 letters: ills, imps, limo, limp, lips, lisp, loll, lops, mill, milo, mils, miso, moil, moll, mols, mops, oils, pill, piso, pois, poll, pols, poms, sill, silo, simp, slim, slip, slop, soil, soli. | |
-5 letters: ill, imp, ism, lip, lis, lop, mil. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l-l-l-m-o-p-s" | |
+1 letter: plimsolls. | |
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