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Definition: UNDERCROFT |
UNDERCROFTNoun1. A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose. |
Etymology: Undercroft \Un"der*croft\, noun. [Under Prov. English croft vault; compare to OD. krochte crypt, and English crypt.]. (Websters 1913) |
| "UNDERCROFT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "UNDERCROFT" is used about 26 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 (singular) | 92.31% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
undercroft | 3 |
renovation.com undercroft | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "UNDERCROFT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bodrum (basement, cellar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | крипта (crypt), подземно помещение. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krypta (crypt, vault). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | اتاقک زیرکلیسا, اتاق کلیسا, اتاق زیرزمینی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kripta (charnel-house, crypt, vault). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ercroftunday galeria subterrânea (headland, sap), cripta (crypt). (various references) крипта (crypt), подвал со сводами. (various references) podzemni hodnik, kripta (cist, crypt). (various references) yeraltı kemerleri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "UNDERCROFT": undercrofts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-f-n-o-r-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: confuted, confuter, cornuted, fortuned, frondeur, frounced, reductor, trounced, trouncer, unforced. | |
-3 letters: confute, cornfed, cornute, counted, counter, courted, courter, crofter, crunode, current, defunct, eductor, forerun, fortune, founder, fronted, fronter, frounce, functor, recount, refound, refront, rondure, rounder, trounce. | |
-4 letters: confer, corder, corned, corner, cornet, couter, cruder, curred, curter, detour, docent, dourer, droner, enduro, fecund, fonder. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-f-n-o-r-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: undercrofts. | |
+2 letters: counterfired. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 4E 44 45 52 43 52 4F 46 54 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.. . .-. -.-. .-. --- ..-. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01001110 01000100 01000101 01010010 01000011 01010010 01001111 01000110 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U N D E R C R O F T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 004E 0044 0045 0052 0043 0052 004F 0046 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)55483839523752494054 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albán, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, cseh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, macarca, macar |
Portuguese | tradução, dicionário, definição | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugál, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение, словарь, определение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | tumačenje, leksikon, rečnik, definicija | servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Turkish | tercüme, sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama | turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, angol, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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