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| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Horizontal timber in a rectangular or circular shaft, which may carry the cage guides, water and air pipes and cables, and separate the shaft into compartments. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A. A steel or timber element in the lining of a rectangular shaft. Buntons may be 6 in by 5 in or 6 in (15.2 cm by 12.7 cm or 15.2 cm) square and extend across the shaft at intervals of 4 ft to 8 ft (1.2 m to 2.4 m). They serve to reinforce the barring and also carry the cage guides. Rolled steel joists are now generally used as buntons. See also:divider; wallplate b. A timber placed horizontally across a shaft. It serves to brace the wallplates of the shaft lining and also, by means of planks nailed tothem, to form separate compartments for hoisting or ladderways. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BUNTON" 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 |
| Bunton | Last name | 2,000 | 6,503 |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "BUNTON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | tværstiver (divider). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tussenbalk (divider), schachtbalk (divider), middenkap (divider). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | partibure, moise. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Einstrich (divider). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | traversa di sostegno delle guide (divider). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | untonbay apoio de guiadeira (divider). (various references) vigas (divider), traviesas (sleepers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-n-n-o-t-u" | |
-2 letters: bout, bunn, bunt, noun, unto. | |
-3 letters: bot, bun, but, nob, not, nub, nun, nut, out, ton, tub, tun. | |
-4 letters: bo, no, nu, on, to, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-n-n-o-t-u" | |
+2 letters: butanone, dubonnet, nutbrown, unbonnet, unbutton. | |
+3 letters: butanones, buttoning, dubonnets, obtunding, sunbonnet, unbolting, unbonnets, unbuttons. | |
+4 letters: autobahnen, bluebonnet, incubation, intubation, mountebank, nonsubject, northbound, outburning, subvention, sunbonnets, unbonneted, unbuttoned, undoubting. | |
+5 letters: bluebonnets, boutonniere, conurbation, incubations, intubations, mountebanks, nonsubjects, rebuttoning, subdominant, subjunction, submunition, subnational, subornation, subventions, unabsorbent, unbeknownst, unbonneting, unbuttoning, uncountable, unobservant. | |
| 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. Names: Frequency 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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