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Coaming

Definition: Coaming

Coaming

Noun

1. A raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Coaming

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

The vertical plating built around a hatchway to prevent water from getting below, to serve as framework for the strongbacks, hatch covers, and so on, and to secure the tarpaulins. Its purpose is also to stiffen the edges of the hatch openings thereby restoring the strength lost to the deck by cutting these openings. Source: European Union. (references)
 The raised borders about the edge of hatches and scuttles for preventing water on deck from running below. Source: European Union. (references)

Transportation

Upright piece which forms the side of an opening. Source: European Union. (references)
 Raised railing around a cockpit to prevent water from= running in. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Coaming

Specialty definitions using "coaming": coaming panelhatch coaming, hatchway coaming. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Coaming

"Coaming" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coaming" is used about 4 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Coaming

Expressions using "coaming": coaming panel hatch coaming hatchway coaming. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Coaming

Language Translations for "coaming"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

комингс. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(Coamings). (various references)

   

Danish

  

lugekarm (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), karm. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

coaming, omlijsting (cadre, framework), luikhoofd (coaming panel, hatch, hatch coaming, hatchway, hatchway coaming), laadhoofdcoaming (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), laadhoofd (coaming panel, hatch, hatch coaming, hatchway, hatchway coaming). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

roiskereuna, luukun reunus (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), luukun laita (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), luukun kehys (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), luukkukarmi (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming). (various references)

   

French

  

tableau de bord, surbau de panneau (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), surbau d'écoutille (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), surbau, hiloire de panneau (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), hiloire, encadrement. (various references)

   

German

  

Windschutzscheibenrahmen, Sull, Süll, Rahmen (border, cadre, frame, frames, framework, husk, Mount, mounting, parameters, scale, scope, setting, welt, welts), Lukensüll (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), Lukenkumming (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), Kumming, Einrahmung (framing). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κάσα καθόδου(κν.), βαλβίδα καθόδου (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), προεξέχοντα άκρα τησ υδρορροήσ του πλοίου, πλαισίωση (beading, framing, surround), πλαίσιο (casing, context, frame), τοίχωμα καθόδου (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), τοίχωμα στομίου κύτους (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), δομικό πλαίσιο (framing, jamb, member, ring). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

raktárnyílás (combing, port), gádorkáva. (various references)

   

Italian

  

mastra di boccaporta (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), mastra (partner), mascellare (jaw, maxillary), bordatura (surround), battente (fold, knocker, shutter, wing, wing of a door). (various references)

   

Manx

  

coamyn. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oamingcay

   

Portuguese

  

enquadramento (framing, jamb), braçola de escotilha (coaming panel, hatch coaming, hatchway coaming), braçola, braçarola. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

комингс. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

brazola (curb). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sarg (boards, border, frame). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mezarna, kaporta çerçevesi, ambar ağzı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Coaming

Derivations

Words beginning with "coaming": coamings. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Coaming

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-m-n-o"

-1 letter: agonic, anomic, camion, coming, gnomic, macing, manioc.

-2 letters: acing, amigo, amino, amnic, amnio, among, coign, conga, gamic, gamin, gonia, imago, incog, macon, magic, mango, manic.

-3 letters: agin, agio, agon, amin, cain, ciao, cion, coin, coma, coni, gain, icon, magi, main, mano, mica, mina, moan, naoi, noma, ogam.

-4 letters: ago, aim, ain, ami, ani, cam.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-m-n-o"
 

+1 letter: cameoing, caroming, coamings, comaking, gnomical.

 

+2 letters: agronomic, cairngorm, carroming, clamoring, cognomina, combating, comparing, contagium, egomaniac, geomantic, magnifico, monogamic, romancing.

 

+3 letters: ascogonium, cairngorms, chamoising, champignon, cinemagoer, clamouring, coadmiring, coassuming, cognominal, comanaging, combatting, commanding, compacting, companying, comparting, compassing, egomaniacs, geomancies, magnificos, mammocking, megaphonic, morganatic, mosaicking, organicism, organismic, stomaching, tomcatting, undogmatic.

 

+4 letters: accustoming, agnosticism, archegonium, beclamoring, carpogonium, centimorgan, champignons, championing, cinemagoers, coadmitting, coenamoring, collimating, commutating, complaining, egomaniacal, gametogenic, gastronomic, geomagnetic, glucosamine, magnificoes, megalomanic, micromanage, microwaving, mineralogic, mislocating, monogastric, monographic, motorcading, nomographic, nomological, nondogmatic, nonmagnetic, nonorgasmic, organicisms, outcharming, outmarching, outmatching, phonogramic, pockmarking, proclaiming.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Coaming


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 6F 61 6D 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    ---    .-    --    ..    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101111 01100001 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#111 &#97 &#109 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 006F 0061 006D 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37816779758073

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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