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Definition: POSNET |
POSNETNoun1. A little basin; a porringer; a skillet. |
Etymology: Posnet \Pos"net\, noun. [Old French expression po[,c]onet, diminutive of po[,c]on pot, vessel.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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 |
posnet | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "POSNET" (pronounced 'Pos"net'): Abnet, Bennet, Burnet, Cornet, Cronet, Cygnet, gannet, Ginnet, Hornet, jennet, linnet, Lunet, magnet, Pinnet, Punnet, Quannet, rennet, Sarcenet, signet, Sinnet, Spakenet, sunbonnet, Unbonnet. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: netops, pontes. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: estop, netop, notes, onset, opens, peons, pesto, poets, pones, seton, spent, steno, stone, stope, tones, topes. | |
-2 letters: eons, epos, nest, nets, noes, nope, nose, note, ones, open, opes, opts, pens, pent, peon, peso, pest, pets, poet, pone, pons, pose, post, pots, sent, sept, snot, sone, spot, step, stop, tens, toes, tone, tons. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: leptons, openest, pentose, pintoes, pointes, posteen, postern, postmen, poteens, stepson, teopans. | |
+2 letters: capstone, concepts, forspent, metopons, neotypes, nepotism, nepotist, notepads, opencast, operants, outspend, outspent, penstock, pentodes, pentosan, pentoses, peptones, phaetons, phonates, phoniest, pimentos, pleuston, pointers, polentas, porniest, portends, portents, posteens, posterns, postpone, postteen, potences, potheens, potlines, potstone, potteens, pronates, proteans, proteins, protends, saponite, stanhope, stepsons, teaspoon, toplines, topstone, tropines, unposted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 4F 53 4E 45 54 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- ... -. . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01001111 01010011 01001110 01000101 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P O S N E T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 004F 0053 004E 0045 0054 |
| 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)504953483954 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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