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Definition: Ashlar |
AshlarNoun1. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ashlar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Rectangular pieces of stone of nonuniform size that are set randomly in awall. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Ashlar |
| English words defined with "ashlar": Ashlering ♦ Bastard ashlar ♦ Emplecton ♦ Margin draft. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ashlar": block maker ♦ crandall ♦ quarry face ♦ ROCK SPLITTER. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Architectural drawing for a commercial building with ashlar masonry. Front elevation rendering. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Ashlar" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ashlar" is used about 15 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ashlar": Bastard ashlar. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ashlar": ashlar-faced. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
ashlar | 21 |
ashlar vellum | 15 |
ashlar suite | 8 |
ashlar stone | 5 |
ashlar cobalt vellum | 4 |
ashlar newtown | 3 |
ashlar pattern | 3 |
ashlar grand lodge smooth | 3 |
apartment ashlar | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ashlar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mur guri, gur ndërtimi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مبنى من حجارة مربعة, حجر مربع منحوت, حجر مربع للبناء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | дялан камък. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kvadersten (dressed stone), brudsten (dressed stone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | breuksteen (dressed stone), bloksteen (dressed stone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pierre de taille, moellons, équarrie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | quaderstein, quader (cuboid, square stone block), Bruchsteine (dressed stone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μικροί λίθοι (dressed stone), λαξευτόσ λίθοσ, τετραγωνισμένοσ λίθοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אבן 'זית (hewn stone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | falburkolat (diaper, panelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pietrame (dressed stone, metaling, metalling, rocking, slag-based stone), bugnato (bevelled, studded), bozza (bump, draft, proof). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | clagh cherrinagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ashlaray pedra polida e pronta para construção. (various references) тесаный камень (ashler). (various references) tesanik (ashler), kamena kocka (ashler). (various references) sillería, sillar (building stone, cutstone, free stone, freestone, quarry stone), mampuestos (dressed stone). (various references) yontma taşlardan yapılmış yapı, yontma taş, kesme yapı taşı. (various references) тесаний камінь. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ashlar": ashlared, ashlaring, ashlars. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lahars. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-l-r-s" | |
-1 letter: haars, harls, lahar. | |
-2 letters: aahs, aals, alar, alas, haar, harl, lars, lash, rash. | |
-3 letters: aah, aal, aas, aha, ala, als, ars, ash, has, lar, las, rah, ras, sal, sha. | |
-4 letters: aa, ah, al, ar, as, ha, la, sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-l-r-s" | |
+1 letter: ashlars, bharals, hartals, lashkar, marshal, phrasal. | |
+2 letters: ashlared, gharials, halyards, lashkars, marshall, marshals, narwhals, pearlash, sharable, trehalas. | |
+3 letters: ashlaring, brachials, charcoals, flashcard, hairballs, halliards, hallmarks, handrails, hardballs, haulyards, marshalcy, marshaled, marshalls, marshland, narwhales, phrasally, railheads, rehearsal, shareable, thesaural. | |
+4 letters: allographs, archangels, aspherical, backlasher, balderdash, bilharzias, carbachols, cathedrals, chaparrals, charladies, charlatans, clathrates, flashboard, flashcards, handlebars, haustorial, heartlands, inhalators, marshaling, marshalled, marshlands, pearlashes, phalangers, phalaropes, ramshackle, rehearsals, saltshaker, searchable, trailheads, ultraheats, ultrasharp. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 68 6C 61 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... .... .-.. .- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01101000 01101100 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s h l a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0068 006C 0061 0072 |
| 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)358574786784 |
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