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Definition: Blossom |
BlossomNoun1. Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. 2. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. Verb1. Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed". 2. Develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Blossom" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a blossom", "a flower". |
Date "blossom" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Geography | Oxidized or decomposed outcrop of a vein or coal bed, more frequently the latter. Source: European Union. (references) |
Math | An odd length cycle which appears during a matching algorithm on general graphs. (references) |
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Blossom is the name given to the flowers of stone fruit trees and of some other small plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely but for an extremely short period of time. Blossom is either pink or white depending on the species - cherry blossom and nectarine/peach blossoms are pink, plum and apple blossoms are white.
Plum blossom
Nectarine blossomBlossom was also the title of a 1990s television sitcom starring young actress Mayim Bialik. It was about a single father living with his daughter, and two sons (one of whom is an alcoholic).
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Blossom is a city located in Lamar County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,439.Geography
Blossom is located at 33°39'41" North, 95°23'1" West (33.661395, -95.383675)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.6 km² (2.5 mi²). 6.5 km² (2.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.57% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,439 people, 571 households, and 424 families residing in the city. The population density is 221.4/km² (573.2/mi²). There are 606 housing units at an average density of 93.2/km² (241.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 94.30% White, 2.08% African American, 1.18% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.39% from other races, and 0.90% from two or more races. 6.67% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 571 households out of which 34.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.5% are married couples living together, 9.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% are non-families. 23.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.52 and the average family size is 2.96. In the city the population is spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $28,235, and the median income for a family is $33,750. Males have a median income of $27,813 versus $21,136 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,143. 12.7% of the population and 10.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.9% are under the age of 18 and 13.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Blossom, Texas."
Synonyms: BlossomSynonyms: efflorescence (n), flush (n), heyday (n), peak (n), prime (n), bloom (v), blossom forth (v), blossom out (v), flower (v), unfold (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prosperity | Flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten. |
Vegetable | Flower, blossom, bine; flowering plant; timber tree, fruit tree; pulse, legume. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Blossom |
| English words defined with "blossom": Ailantus, ala, Arethusa bulbosa, artificial flower ♦ Blossomed, bog rose ♦ Canker bloom, Canker blossom, Carina, Close fertilization ♦ dragon's mouth ♦ Floriage, Full-bloomed ♦ Heterogonous trimporphism, Hypocraterimorphous ♦ Jeffersonia ♦ Mary-bud, May flower ♦ Orthogamy ♦ Peach color, Peach-colored, Pelican flower ♦ Reblossom, Rosedrop, Rosy whelk, Rum bud ♦ Squirrel cup, Synanthesis ♦ trumpet flower, turban squash ♦ wild pink. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "blossom": Black-thorn Winter, Blossoms ♦ Forget-me-nots of the Angels ♦ Orange Blossoms Worn at Weddings ♦ seed hair ♦ TYBURN BLOSSOM. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "blossom": oenanthic. (references) |
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Screenplays | Not as good as those onion blossom things (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | She goes with me to a blossom world ("Good Vibrations"; performing artist: The Beach Boys) | |
Tongue Twisters | The bleak breeze blights the bright blue blossom (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Blossom and the Sword (1973) Cherry Blossom (1972) The Reincarnation of Peach Blossom (1968) Cherry Blossom Festival (1963) Blossom Time (1934) | |
Song Titles | CHERRY PINK & APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE (performing artist: Perez Prado ) | |
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 | Oscar Stevens (left), and Eric Banks (right), NRCS Soil Conservationist, inspect a zucchini squash blossom. Stevens grows a number of unique vegetables. Local restaurants enjoy a white zucchini produced on his farm. Reginald Stevens and Darryl Herrin in t. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Jefferson Memorial in background at cherry blossom season. Credit: USDA. |
 | Washington Monument at cherry blossom season. Credit: USDA. |  | Couple overlooks tidal basin and Jefferson Memorial at cherry blossom time. Credit: USDA. |
 | Visitors walk along the tidal basin at cherry blossom time - Jefferson Memorial is in the background. Credit: USDA. |  | Apple blossom near Winchester, VA. Credit: USDA. |
 | Medium shot of Darlingtonia Blossom. Credit: John Craig. |  | Raft stuck at Blossom Bar at Rainie Falls on the Rainie River. Credit: Becky Brown. |
 | Wild Onion blossom (Allium sp.) at Upper Table Rock. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Close up with blossom of the Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum) at Upper Trail Creek. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
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| "Apricot blossom" by Clare Cowan Commentary: "A gnarled old apricot tree in our backyard in the midst of spring bloom..." | "Frangipani Blossom" by Dennis Bale Commentary: "Top-down shot of frangipani flower." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Henry Ward Beecher | Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. |
Massey | A sweet new blossom of humanity, fresh fallen from God's own home, to flower on earth. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. |
Shirley | Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | If some one loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At present, it is a considerable town, adorned all the year round with stuccoed villas, and, on Sundays, with citizens in full blossom. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I had often since seen its crumpled red velvety blossom supported by the stems of other plants without knowing it to be the same |
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| "Blossom" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 69.12% of the time. "Blossom" is used about 272 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) | 69.12% | 188 | 22,417 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 20.96% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.15% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.78% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 272 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "blossom" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Blossom | First name Female | 1,000 | 3,181 |
| Blossom | Last name | 1,000 | 13,349 |
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| "Blossom" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a blossom", "a flower". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "blossom". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Blossom | Female | English | A blossom |
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1. Blossom, TX (city, FIPS 8812) |
Expressions using "blossom": be covered in blossom ♦ blossom drop ♦ blossom forth ♦ blossom into ♦ blossom out ♦ break into blossom ♦ break out into blossom ♦ burst into blossom ♦ Canker blossom ♦ cause to blossom ♦ Grog blossom ♦ in blossom ♦ in full blossom ♦ lime blossom ♦ lime blossom tea ♦ lotus blossom ♦ orange blossom ♦ peach blossom ♦ tiny blossom. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "blossom": blossom-burdened, Blossom-end-rot, blossom-fall, blossom-scented, blossom-tree. | |
Ending with "blossom": orange-blossom. | |
Containing "blossom": apple-blossom-time, cherry-blossom-draped, orange-blossom orchid. | |
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| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
blossom | 2,319 | cherry blossom picture | 39 |
blossom music center | 1,065 | blossom dearie | 37 |
cherry blossom | 686 | blossom brittany murphy | 35 |
gin blossom | 514 | blossom exotic | 33 |
orange blossom | 182 | squash blossom | 32 |
blossom gin lyrics | 150 | apple blossom mall | 32 |
blossom tv show | 148 | blossom unique | 31 |
blossom music | 127 | plum blossom | 30 |
blossom cherry louis vuitton | 121 | peach blossom | 29 |
apple blossom | 103 | blossom chevrolet | 26 |
blossom brilliant | 69 | blossom music center schedule | 23 |
bean blossom | 68 | blossom end rot tomato | 23 |
lotus blossom | 61 | blossom series tv | 21 |
cherry blossom tree | 47 | blossom sitcom | 21 |
orange blossom special | 44 | ballard blossom | 20 |
blossom tv | 44 | onion blossom | 20 |
bean blossom boogie | 43 | blossom britney murphy | 20 |
blossom end rot | 40 | magnolia blossom | 18 |
cherry blossom festival | 40 | squash blossom necklace | 17 |
blossom music center ohio | 39 | blossom music center cleveland | 16 |
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| Language | Translations for "blossom"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zhvillohem (be, develop, expand, go on, grow up, move), lule (bloom, flower, pink, posy, pride), lulëzoj (bloom, blow, boom, effloresce, flourish, flower, prosper, thrive), çel (bloom, dehisce, flower, hatch, open up, unfold). (various references) | |
Arabic | فترة التزهير, تفتح (bloom, dehisce, open, sobering, unfold, unlatch), تطور (break through, breakthrough, development, evolution, growth, shape, work out), زهرة (elite, flower, jacinth, phosphor), زهر (bloom, effloresce, flower), إزهار (bloom, efflorescence, flowering), إزدهر (boom, flourish, grow up, prosper, thrive), برعم (bloom, bud, burgeon, button, flower, gemma, germinate, growth, in bud, in the bud, leaf, shoot, sprout). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | aapistsisskitsi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разцъфвам (burst into blossom), цъфтя (bloom, blow, effloresce, flower), цъфвам, цвят (bloom, blow, color, coloring, colour, colouring, flower, hue, inflorescence, pick, suit, tint, tone), появявам се (appear, arise, come, come about, come forward, come into view, come on the scene, flicker, issue, manifest, outcrop, rise, show up, start out). (various references) | |
Chinese | 花 (fancy pattern, flower, grasshopper, to spend), 群花 , 开花 (Bloomed, Blooming, Blossomed, blossoming, flowered, flowering, inflorescence). (various references) | |
Cornish | blejyowa (to blossom). (various references) | |
Czech | kvìt (bloom, flower), kvést (bloom, come out, flower, fructify). (various references) | |
Danish | blomst (bloom, flower), oxyderet blotning (blom). (various references) | |
Dutch | bloesem (flower). (various references) | |
Esperanto | floraĵo. (various references) | |
Farsi | میوه (Fruit), گل دادن , گل (Clay, Flower, Lair, Mud, Silt, Slob, Slosh), شکوفه (Bloom, Bud, Chrysalis, Flower), دارای طراوت جوانی شدن . (various references) | |
Finnish | kukka (bloom, flower). (various references) | |
French | s'épanouir (come into bloom), fleurir (bloom, blow), fleur (bloom). (various references) | |
German | blüte (abloom, bloom, dud, efflorescence, florescence, flower, phoney, phony, prosperity, rash), blühen (be in store, bloom, blooming, flourish, flower, prosper, thrive, to flourish). (various references) | |
Greek | άνθος (bloom), ανθίζω (bloom, blow, flourish). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ללבלב (bloom, bud, burgeon, germinate, leaf, sprout, thrive), לפרוח (bloom, flourish, flower, prosper, thrive), להניץ (bloom), לבלוב (bloom, blooming, germination, sprout), לצוץ (bud, burgeon, spring, sprout), פריחה (bloom, flourishing, flowering, prosperity), פרח (adornment, flower, novice, tyro), ציץ (diadem, festoon, ornament, petalon, sprout), ציצה (fringe, pompon, tassel, tuft), סמדר (bud). (various references) | |
Hungarian | virágzik (blew, bloom, blown, to bloom, to blossom, to blow, to boom, to flourish), virágzás (bloom, blooming, blossoming, blow, boom, florescence, flourish, flourishing, flowering, inflorescence), virág (bloom, flower), kivirul (bloom, to blossom), gyümölcsfa virágja. (various references) | |
Indonesian | bunga (azalea, floral design, flower, interest, the best part), mekar. (various references) | |
Italian | fioritura (abloom, bloom, blooming, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flourish, flower, flowering, inflorescence), fiore (bloom, cream, flower, pick, prime, the best part). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 桜色 (cherry blossom colour), 八重咲き (double blossom), 徒桜 (ephemeralcherry blossom, fickle woman), 桃の花の香り (fragrance of peach blossom), 桃花 (peach blossom), 桜 (cherry blossom, cherry tree), 桜 (cherry blossom, cherry tree), 桜祭 (cherry blossom festival), 咲き初める (to begin to blossom), 桜色 (cherry blossom colour), 花見時 (blossom season), 桜花 (cherry blossom), 櫻 (cherry blossom, cherry tree), 無駄花 (blossom which fails to produce fruit), 観桜 (cherry blossom viewing), 観桜会 (cherry blossom viewing party), 観梅 (plum blossom viewing), 青立ち (failing to ripen or blossom), 落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず (there's no use crying over spilled milk, what's done is done), 桜祭り (cherry blossom festival). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かんおう (cherry blossom viewing), はなみどき (blossom season), もものはなのかおり (fragrance of peach blossom), やえざき (double blossom), らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず (there's no use crying over spilled milk, what's done is done), むだばな (blossom which fails to produce fruit), あだざくら (ephemeralcherry blossom, fickle woman), とうか (airdrop, by the lamp, confection, conversion to sugar, dropping, equivalence, investment, lamplight, next word, passing the civil service examination, peach blossom, sweetmeats, sweets, sword rack, the old Kanto-area folk songs, throwing down, transmission, under the sword), かんばい (plum blossom viewing, plum tree which blossoms in winter, sold out), おうか (assimilation of new territory, cherry blossom, eulogy, Europeanization, forcing down, glorification, imperial influence, song of praise, Westernization), かんおうかい (cherry blossom viewing party), さくら (cherry blossom, cherry tree), さくらいろ (cherry blossom colour), さくらばな (cherry blossom), さくらまつり (cherry blossom festival), さきそめる (to begin to blossom), あおだち (failing to ripen or blossom). (various references) | |
Korean | 꽃송이. (various references) | |
Manx | jirgid stronney (grog blossom), blaa peitshag (peach blossom), blaa oranje (orange blossom). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ossomblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | flor (bloom, flower, flowering). (various references) | |
Romanian | floare (bloom, bouquet, elite, face, flower, posy, pride, prime), înflori (bloom, blow, boom, break into blossom, effloresce, flourish, flower, thrive), îmboboci (bud, shoot). (various references) | |
Russian | расцвести (bloom), расцветать цветение, распускаться (come into leaf, expand, unfold), цвести (bloom, effloresce, flower), цветок (floret, flower), цветение (bloom, blowing, florescence, flowering, inflorescence), цвет (bloom, blow, color, colour, dye, flower, hue). (various references) | |
Scottish | blàth (bloom, flower, kind, tender, warm), dìthean (daisy, field-flower). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vreme cvetanja, rascvetati se, procvetati (boom, effloresce), procvat (blooming, florescence), cvetati (bloom, flourish, flower), cvet (bloom, flower, posy, prime). (various references) | |
Shona | -tumbuka (to blossom). (various references) | |
Spanish | flor (bloom, flower, grain, head, pip, posy, self). (various references) | |
Swedish | blomma (bloom, flower), blomstra (bloom, flourish, flower, fly high, prosper, thrive). (various references) | |
Turkish | gelişmek (advance, ameliorate, blossom out, boom, branch out, develop, evolve, expand, flourish, flower, go ahead, grow, grow up, improve, make headway, progress, refine, shape, shape up, thrive, unfold), ağaç çiçeği, çiçeklenmek (bloom, blow, come into flower, flower), çiçek açmak (bloom, blow, come into flower, effloresce, flower), çiçek (floral, flower, smallpox). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розквіт (blow, blowing, efflorescence, florescence, heyday, noon, noonday, noontide, pride, prime, well being, zenith), цвісти (bloom, blow), цвіт (bloom, blow, blowth, flower), квітка (bloom, flower), процвітати (be in the money, flourish, get ahead, prosper, thrive). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | niềm hy vọng. (various references) | |
Welsh | blodyn (bloom, flower), blodeuo (bloom, flourish, flower). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | efflorebit, effloruerit, effloruit, flore, floreat, florebit, florebunt, florem, florent, florentia, florere, flores, florete, flori, floribus, floruerunt, floruisset, floruit, Flos, refloruistis, refloruit, superflorescent. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | blostma. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 35, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eufranqhti erhmoV diywsa agalliasqw erhmoV kai anqeitw wV krinon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Laetabitur deserta et invia et exultabit solitudo et florebit quasi lilium |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Gladen shal desert, and the with oute weie, and ful out shal ioyen the wildernesse, and flouren as a lilie. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers. |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 35, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang kamingawan ug ang mala nga yuta magmasadya; ug ang kamingawan magakalipay, ug mamulak sama sa rosas. |
| Croatian | Nek' se uzraduje pustinja, zemlja sasušena, neka klièe stepa, nek' ljiljan procvjeta. |
| Danish | Ørken og hede skal fryde sig, Ødemark juble og blomstre; |
| Dutch | De woestijn en de dorre plaatsen zullen hierover vrolijk zijn, en de wildernis zal zich verheugen, en zal bloeien als een roos. |
| Finnish | Erämaa ja hietikko iloitsee, aromaa riemuitsee ja kukoistaa kuin lilja. |
| French | Le désert et le pays aride se réjouiront; La solitude s`égaiera, et fleurira comme un narcisse; |
| German | Aber die Wüste und Einöde wird lustig sein, und das dürre Land wird fröhlich stehen und wird blühen wie die Lilien. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Dezè ak tè sèk pral kontan yon sèl kontan. Savann yo pral kontan tou, yo pral fleri. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Padang gurun dan tanah kering akan bergembira, bunga-bunga bermekaran di padang belantara. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa padang belantara dan tanah yang sunyipun akan bergemar dan hutan rimbapun akan tamasya, karena itu ia akan berbunga-bunga seperti pokok mawar. |
| Italian | Si rallegrino il deserto e la terra arida, esulti e fiorisca la steppa. |
| Korean | 광 야 와 메 마 른 땅 이 기 뻐 하 며 사 막 이 백 합 화 같 이 피 어 즐 거 워 하 며 |
| Maori | ¶ Ka koa te koraha me te wahi mokemoke, ka hari te koraha, koia ano kei te rohi te whai puawai. |
| Norwegian | Ørkenen og det tørre land skal glede sig, og den øde mark skal juble og blomstre som en lilje. |
| Portuguese | O deserto e a terra sedenta se regozijarão; e o ermo exultará e florescerá; |
| Rumanian | Pustia wi yara fqrq apq se vor bucura; pustietatea se va veseli, wi va knflori ca trandafirul; |
| Russian | чПЪЧЕУЕМЙФУС РХУФЩОС Й УХИБС ЪЕНМС, Й ЧПЪТБДХЕФУС УФТБОБ ОЕПВЙФБЕНБС Й ТБУГЧЕФЕФ ЛБЛ ОБТГЙУУ; |
| Spanish | Se alegrarán el desierto y el sequedal. Se regocijará el Arabá y florecerá como la rosa. |
| Swedish | Ödemarkens blomstring. HERRENS förlossades återkomst till Sion. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blossom": blossomed, blossoming, blossoms, blossomy. (additional references) | |
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"Blossom" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: belostok, Blasson, blosm, Blumson, Bolshoy, bolson, bolsons, Bossom, bossum, ileostom. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "blossom" (pronounced blÄ"sum) |
| 4 | -Ä" s u m | awesome, opossum, possum. |
| 3 | -s u m | adventuresome, Balsam, bothersome, meddlesome, nettlesome, quarrelsome, ransom, burdensome, buxom, cataclysm, cumbersome, fearsome, flotsam, foursome, fulsome, gruesome, gypsum, handsome, hansom, irksome, loathsome, lonesome, Maxim, threesome, tiresome, transom, troublesome, twosome, venturesome, wearisome, wholesome, winsome, worrisome. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-l-m-o-o-s-s" | |
-1 letter: blooms, bosoms, osmols. | |
-2 letters: bloom, bolos, booms, bosom, lobos, looms, mools, mosso, obols, osmol, slobs, solos. | |
-3 letters: bolo, boom, boos, boss, lobo, lobs, loom, loos, loss, mobs, mols, mool, moos, moss, obol, slob, sobs, solo, sols. | |
-4 letters: boo, bos, lob, loo, mob, mol, moo, mos, oms, sob, sol, som, sos. | |
-5 letters: bo, lo, mo, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-l-m-o-o-s-s" | |
+1 letter: blossoms, blossomy. | |
+2 letters: blossomed. | |
+3 letters: biologisms, blossoming, bottomless, psalmbooks. | |
+4 letters: lobotomises, snowmobiles, symbologies. | |
+5 letters: bloodstreams, bottomlessly, snowmobilers, snowmobilist. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Frequency | 13. Names: Derived from 14. Cities 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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