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Definition: Charlock |
CharlockNoun1. Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "charlock" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references) |
Synonyms: CharlockSynonyms: chadlock (n), field mustard (n), wild mustard (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: wild mustard (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology). |
Crosswords: Charlock |
| English words defined with "charlock": Harlock ♦ Kedlook ♦ Raphany ♦ Wild radish. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Charlock" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (charlock). |
| "Charlock" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Charlock" is used about 3 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) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "charlock": jointed charlock ♦ white charlock. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "charlock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | خردل بري. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вид синап. (various references) | |
Czech | hořèice (mustard). (various references) | |
Danish | agersennep (wild mustard). (various references) | |
Dutch | herik (wild mustard). (various references) | |
Finnish | rikkasinappi (wild mustard). (various references) | |
French | charlock, sanve, sénevé, moutarde sauvage, moutarde des champs. (various references) | |
German | wilder Senf (wild mustard), Ackersenf (wild mustard). (various references) | |
Greek | σίναπι το αρουραίον (wild mustard), λαψάνα (wild mustard), αγριοσινάπι (wild mustard). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vadrepce (wild mustard). (various references) | |
Italian | serapino (wild mustard), senape (mustard), erba falcona (wild mustard). (various references) | |
Manx | brashlagh (brace, crupper, wild mustard). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arlockchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mostarda-dos-campos (wild mustard). (various references) | |
Russian | дикая горчица. (various references) | |
Spanish | planta de campos, mostaza silvestre (wild mustard), mostaza de los campos (wild mustard). (various references) | |
Swedish | åkersenap (wild mustard). (various references) | |
Turkish | yabani hardal. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | дика гірчиця. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Brassica arvensis, Sinapis arvensis, Sinapis sinapistrum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "charlock": charlocks. (additional references) | |
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"Charlock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carnock, Charlick, Charlinch, Charnok, chelnock, Kamrock. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "charlock" (pronounced 'Char"lock'): Carlock, Daglock, deadlock, fetlock, firelock, flintlock, forelock, Gablock, gunlock, Hemlock, Lovelock, matchlock, Mullock, Oarlock, Picklock, Pollock, rowlock, Shacklock, Weighlock, Willock. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-k-l-o-r" | |
-2 letters: caroch, choral. | |
-3 letters: acock, carol, chalk, chark, chock, clach, clack, claro, cloak, clock, coach, coral, crack, croak, crock, horal, larch, loach, orach, roach. | |
-4 letters: arch, arco, calk, calo, cark, carl, chao, char, coal, coca, cola, cork, croc, hack, halo, hark, harl, hoar, hock, holk, hora, kohl, kola, lack, lakh, lark, loca, loch, lock. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-h-k-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: charlocks. | |
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