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TURN-BUCKLE

Definition: TURN-BUCKLE

TURN-BUCKLE

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: TURN-BUCKLE

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "TURN-BUCKLE"

Words rhyming with "TURN-BUCKLE" (pronounced 'Turn"-buc`kle'): Banstickle, Burnstickle, Fish-tackle, honeysuckle, Stonesmickle. (additional references)

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Anagrams: TURN-BUCKLE

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.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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