TOFT

Definition: TOFT

TOFT

Noun

1. A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.

2. A grove of trees; also, a plain.

3. A knoll or hill.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "TOFT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references)

Etymology: Toft \Toft\, noun. [from Old English expression toft knoll; akin to Low German toft field hedged in, not far from house, Icelandic topt green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for house, Danish toft.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: TOFT

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Abode	Tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft.
Property	Landed property, landed real estate property; realty; land, lands; tenements; hereditaments; corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments; acres; ground; (earth); acquest, messuage, toft.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: TOFT

English words defined with "TOFT": Toftman. (references)

Non-English Usage: "TOFT" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (thwart).

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Usage Frequency: TOFT

"TOFT" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 70.00% of the time. "TOFT" is used about 10 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)	70%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (base form)	10%	1	339,140
Noun (singular)	10%	1	339,140
Noun (common)	10%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	10	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: TOFT

The following table summarizes the usage of "TOFT" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Toft	Last name	400	22,575
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TOFT

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
richard toft	23
p richard toft	18
toft tree	4
toft	3
karl toft	2
resort toft tree	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TOFT

Language		Translations for "TOFT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Kodrinë (Foothill, hillock, hummock, hump, knoll). (various references)

Bulgarian		чифлик (homestead), Хълмче. (various references)

Hungarian		Belsõség (harslet, haslet). (various references)

Pig Latin		ofttay

Portuguese		Pequena Quinta, Lar (abode, firebox, fireside, hearthstone, home, hosteler, inglorious). (various references)

Russian		Усадьба (Barton). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kuća sa okućnicom, brežuljak (hill, hummock, knoll, monticule). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: TOFT

Derivations
	Words beginning with "TOFT": tofts. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "TOFT"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "TOFT" (pronounced tÄ"ft)
3	-Ä" f t	coughed, soft, waft.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: TOFT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "f-o-t-t"
	-1 letter: oft, tot.
	-2 letters: of, to.
	Words containing the letters "f-o-t-t"
	+1 letter: tofts.
	+2 letters: oftest, outfit.
	+3 letters: aftmost, flattop, fouette, foxtrot, futtock, hotfoot, mofette, outfast, outfelt, outfits, outfoot, softest.
	+4 letters: confetti, confetto, factotum, falsetto, faltboat, fatstock, fetation, fistnote, flatboat, flatfoot, flattops, footbath, footiest, footnote, footpath, footrest, footstep, fortieth, fortuity, fossette, fouettes, foxtrots, frontlet, frostbit, frottage, frotteur, futtocks, haftarot, haftorot, hotfoots, leftmost, loftiest, mofettes, moffette, nonfatty, oftenest, ofttimes, outfasts, outfeast, outfight, outfoots, pettifog, reoutfit, retrofit, toplofty.
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