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Definition: Coir |
CoirNoun1. Stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coir" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references) |
Etymology: Coir \Coir\ (koir), noun. [Tamil kayiru.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Obtained from the external covering of the nut. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Coir |
| English words defined with "coir": Kyar ♦ Masoola boat. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Coir" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (box, chests, kist). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Coir Worker (1961) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Coir" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coir" is used about 20 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% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "coir": coir fibre ♦ coir mat. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "coir": coir-based, coir-grown. | |
| 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 |
coir | 104 |
coir rug | 18 |
coir mat | 16 |
coir log | 8 |
coir door mat | 7 |
coir doormats | 7 |
coir doormat | 6 |
coconut coir | 5 |
coir product | 5 |
coir geotextiles | 4 |
coir fiber | 4 |
coco coir | 4 |
coir matting | 4 |
coir carpet | 3 |
coir liner planter | 3 |
coir pith | 2 |
coir jute rug | 2 |
coconut coir fiber industry | 2 |
coir brick | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "coir"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | връв от влакна на кокосов орех, влакна от кокосов орех. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kor (chorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zangkoor (chorus), rei (chorus), koor (chorus, coir loft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ĥoro (chorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | kór (chorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coïr (coconut fibre), ch"ur, tapis de coco, fibre de coco (coconut fibre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | koar (chorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Coir (coconut fibre), Chor (choir, chorally, chorus, coir loft), Sängerchor (chorus), Kokosfaser (coconut fibre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | coir (coconut fibre), ίνα κοκκοφοίνικα (coconut fibre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kókuszrost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coir (coconut fibre), fibra di cocco (coconut fibre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kayar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | kor (chorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oircay coro (chancel, choir, choral, chorus, coir loft), coral (choral, chorus), cairo (Cairo, coconut fibre), fibra de coco (coconut fibre). (various references) fibrã de nucã de cocoş. (various references) кокосовые волокна. (various references) coir (coconut fibre), fibra de coco (coconut fibre). (various references) kor (chancel, choir, chorus), kokosvävnad. (various references) hindistancevizi lifi (coir fibre). (various references) xơ dừa. (various references) côr (chorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coir": coirs. (additional references) | |
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"Coir" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cair, cairy, Ccir, ceir, Ciir, cio, ciod, ciro, cirr, clir, clori, Coar, coarn, cocr, coer, cofir, coi, Coid, coii, coiii, coinr, coird, coirm, coirs, coirt, coiv, coix, conir, Coor, cori, Corio, couir, cour, coxii, crio, crir, cuir, cuoir, czir, joir, koir, ocar, voir. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "oir": Choir, loir. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-o-r" | |
-1 letter: cor, orc, roc. | |
-2 letters: or. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-o-r" | |
+1 letter: boric, chiro, choir, coirs, corgi, coria, croci, curio, ichor, micro, orcin, orgic, toric. | |
+2 letters: aortic, bicorn, bicron, bromic, caroli, chiros, choirs, choric, cicero, citron, coheir, coiler, coiner, copier, corbie, corgis, coring, corium, corrie, cortin, cosier, cowier, cowrie, cozier, crojik, curios, erotic, formic, frolic, heroic, ichors, ironic, lictor, lorica, micron, micros, nordic, octroi, orcein, orchid, orchil, orchis, orcins, orgiac, orphic, orrice, picaro, recoil, recoin, rhodic, scoria, sorbic, thoric, tricot, tropic, victor, voicer, zircon. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 69 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .. .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01101001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o i r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0069 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)37817584 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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