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Wedding Ring

Definition: Wedding Ring

Wedding Ring

Noun

1. A ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Wedding Ring

DomainDefinition

Dream Interpretation

For a woman to dream her wedding ring is bright and shining, foretells that she will be shielded from cares and infidelity.
If it should be lost or broken, much sadness will come into her life through death and uncongeniality.
To see a wedding ring on the hand of a friend, or some other person, denotes that you will hold your vows lightly and will court illicit pleasure. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

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

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Synonym: Wedding Ring

Synonym: wedding band (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Wedding Ring

English words defined with "wedding ring": ringed. (references)
Specialty definitions using "wedding ring": FAM LAY. (references)

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Modern Usage: Wedding Ring

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Between my wedding ring and this picture of my ex-wife, Sylvia, I will never ever forget that women are alien creatures, capable of great destruction (The Pandora Directive; writing credit: Aaron Conners)

I did notice your wedding ring! (Afterglow; writing credit: Alan Rudolph)

Lyrics

Always no huggin no kissin until I get a wedding ring (Keep Your Hands To Yourself; performing artist: Georgia Satellites)

Movie/TV Titles

Her Wedding Ring (1911)

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Commercial Usage: Wedding Ring

DomainTitle

Books

  • Don't Wear Your Wedding Ring (reference)

  • Double Wedding Ring (The Classic Quilt Series, No 1) (reference)

  • Editor's Choice: New Quilts from an Old Favorite Contest: Double Wedding Ring, Log Cabin, Ohio Star (reference)

  • John Flynn's Double Wedding Ring Step-by-Step Workbook (reference)

  • The Romance of Double Wedding Ring Quilts (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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

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Image Slideshow: Wedding Ring

Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Wedding Ring

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This is the last of his mum's wedding ring. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

James M. Cain puts wedding ring on Aileen Pringle in Santa Monica, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Esther Wheeler, book photos at 1506 Woodside Ave., Baldwin, Long Island. Wedding ring. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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

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Familiar Quotations: Wedding Ring

AuthorQuotation

Tom Waits

I am the type of guy who'd sell you a rat's asshole for a wedding ring.

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Use in Literature: Wedding Ring

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

He wore a massive gold wedding ring on the third finger of his left hand

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wedding Ring

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wedding ring

12,124

wedding ring engraving

28

man wedding ring

567

wedding ring inscription

27

diamond wedding ring

372

double wedding ring quilt pattern

27

platinum wedding ring

312

silver wedding ring

24

wedding ring set

310

diamond wedding ring set

22

celtic wedding ring

249

cz wedding ring

22

titanium wedding ring

224

man platinum wedding ring

20

white gold wedding ring

130

double wedding ring

18

antique wedding ring

120

wedding ring vow

17

design your own wedding ring

100

two tone wedding ring

16

unique wedding ring

83

brad pitt wedding ring

16

irish wedding ring

79

wedding ring ceremony

14

wedding ring quilt

51

designing wedding ring

12

wedding ring pillow

47

unusual wedding ring

12

wedding ring wrap

40

wedding ring finger

11

quilt double wedding ring

35

black hills gold wedding ring

11

man diamond wedding ring

32

matching wedding ring

11

cubic zirconia wedding ring

30

engraved wedding ring

10

diamond wedding ring platinum

28

man titanium wedding ring

10

wedding ring setting

28

wedding ring for woman

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Wedding Ring

Language Translations for "wedding ring"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

unazë martese (wedding band). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏محبس (prison). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

халка (circlet, clip, hanger, hoop, loop, ring), венчален пръстен. (various references)

   

Czech

  

snubní prsten. (various references)

   

French

  

anneau de mariage, alliance de mariage. (various references)

   

German

  

Trauring, Ehering. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βέρα (engagement ring). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

טבעת שואין. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

karikagyûrû, karikagyűrű, jegygyűrű (engagement ring, nuptial ring), jeggyûrû. (various references)

   

Italian

  

vera (vera, verawood), fede (belief, confidence, credence, faith, trust), anello matrimoniale. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

結婚指輪 , ウェーバーの法則 (on-deck batter's circle, rag, taking a pitch, wafer, wafers, waist, waist bag, waist nipper, waist pouch, waistcoat, waistline, wait, waiter, waiting circle, waiting game, waiting room, waiting system, waitress, Wales, walk rally, walk through, walkathon, walkie-lookie, walkie-talkie, walking dictionary, walking shoes, Walkman, war cry, war game, ware, -ware, warehouse, warm, warming, warming-up, warm-up, warning lamp, waste ball, water chute, water closet, water hazard, water polo, watercolor, watercooler, waterfall, waterfront, watermelon, waterproof, watertight, wave, wave-front, way, weapon, wear, weather, weathercock, weatherstrip molding, web, Weber, Weber's law, wedding, wedding bell, wedding cake, wedding dress, wedding march, wedding veil, wedeling, wedge heel, wedge sole, weight, weight lifting, weight training, welcome, well-done, west, West Coast, West End, West Point, West Side, West Virginia, western, Western grip, Western league, Western music, Westinghouse, wet, wet core, wet cut, wet suit, worm gear). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ウエディングリング , けっ""ゆびわ. (various references)

   

Manx

  

fainey phoosee. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eddingway ingray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

anel de casamento, aliança (alliance, coalition, confederacy, fusion, league, match, merger, wedding band). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

verighetã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

обручальное кольцо (engagement ring, wedding band, wedding-ring). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

venčani prsten, burma (burma). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vigselring. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

nikâh yüzüğü, alyans. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

обручка (circlet). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Wedding Ring

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-d-e-g-g-i-i-n-n-r-w"

-2 letters: engirding, rewinding.

-3 letters: deigning, deriding, dredging, grinding, nidering, reigning, widening, wingding, wringing.

-4 letters: dingier, dinging, dwining, giddier, ginnier, girding, girning, griding, grinded, grinned, indigen, redding, redwing, reining, rending, ridding, ridging, ringing, wedding, wedging, wending, wiggier, windier, winding, wingier, winging, wringed.

-5 letters: dewing, dieing, digged, digger, dinged, dinger, dining, dinned, dinner, dwined, edging, ending, endrin.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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