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Definition: WHISKET |
WHISKETNoun1. A small lathe for turning wooden pins. 2. A basket; esp., a straw provender basket. |
Note: Whisket \Whis"ket\, noun. [Compare to Wisket.]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: WHISKET |
| English words defined with "WHISKET": Wisket. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "WHISKET": Wisket. (references) |
| Words rhyming with "WHISKET" (pronounced 'Whis"ket'): Brisket, Busket, Frisket, gasket, Musket, Plunket, Wisket. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-k-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: kithes, swithe, weskit, whites, withes. | |
-2 letters: heist, hikes, khets, kites, kithe, kiths, sheik, shtik, skite, swith, thews, tikes, whets, whisk, whist, white, whits, wites, withe. | |
-3 letters: eths, hest, hets, hews, hies, hike, hist, hits, khet, khis, kist, kite, kith, kits, shew, sike, site, sith, skew, skit, stew, tews, thew, this, ties, tike, west. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-k-s-t-w" | |
+2 letters: whackiest, whelkiest. | |
+3 letters: weeknights. | |
+4 letters: makeweights. | |
+5 letters: kitchenwares, nightwalkers, switchbacked. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 48 49 53 4B 45 54 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .... .. ... -.- . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01001000 01001001 01010011 01001011 01000101 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W H I S K E T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0048 0049 0053 004B 0045 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)57424353453954 |
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