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Definition: TURN-BUCKLE |
TURN-BUCKLENoun1. A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp. 2. A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc. |
| Language | Translations for "TURN-BUCKLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Bulgarian | винтов обтегач. (various references) | ||||
Czech | zástrèka (bolt, plug). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | urn-buckletay | ||||
| Words rhyming with "TURN-BUCKLE" (pronounced 'Turn"-buc`kle'): Banstickle, Burnstickle, Fish-tackle, honeysuckle, Stonesmickle. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: turnbuckle. | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-k-l-n-r-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: unbuckle. | |
-3 letters: blunter, buckler, clunker, culture, truckle. | |
-4 letters: brunet, bucker, bucket, buckle, bunker, bunter, burnet, butler, curule, cutler, krubut, kultur, lucent, lucern, lunker, reluct, ruckle, runkle, runlet, tubule, tucker, unbelt, uncurb, uncurl, uncute, untrue, untuck. | |
-5 letters: blent, bluer, bluet, blunt, blurt, brent, brunt, brute, buret, burke, burnt, butle, centu, clerk, clunk, cruel, cruet, cuber. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-k-l-n-r-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: turnbuckles. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Rhymes 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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