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Definition: Colter |
ColterNoun1. A sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Colter \Col"ter\, noun. [from Anglo-Saxon expression culter, from the Latin expression culter plowshare, knife. Compare to Cutlass.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ColterSynonym: coulter (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sharpness | Wedge; knife edge, cutting edge; blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor; scalpel; bistoury, lancet; plowshare, coulter, colter; hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill; billhook, cleaver, cutter; scythe, sickle; scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter; sword; (arms); bodkin; (perforator); belduque, bowie knife, paring knife; bushwhacker; drawing knife, drawing shave; microtome; chisel, screwdriver blade; flint blade; guillotine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Colter |
| English words defined with "colter": Culter, Cultirostral ♦ Skim colter, Subcultrated. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "colter": COBBLE COLTER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "colter": Cutlass. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Kid Colter (1984) | |
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| "Colter" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Colter" is used about 9 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 (proper) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "colter" 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 |
| Colter | Last name | 2,000 | 7,040 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "colter": Colter Bay ♦ skim colter. Additional references. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ann colter | 91 | colter john photo | 5 |
jessi colter | 31 | bye colter com good jessi | 4 |
colter bay | 30 | mary colter | 4 |
colter | 30 | colter peterson | 4 |
colter bay village | 22 | colter john picture | 3 |
john colter | 21 | colter gary | 3 |
anne colter | 19 | ashley colter | 3 |
colter jessie | 12 | bay colter marina | 2 |
bay colter wyoming | 12 | colter sports | 2 |
bay campground colter | 12 | colter kami | 2 |
colter bay cabin | 11 | bean colter | 2 |
colter jesse | 6 | bay cabin colter village | 2 |
bay colter park rv | 6 | colter john run | 2 |
bay colter wy | 6 | ||
colter john run | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "colter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سكة المحراث (moldboard, mouldboard, plowshare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Нож На Плуг. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | langjern (plough coulter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kouter (coulter, plough coulter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coutre (coulter, plough coulter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vorschneider (plough coulter, pre-pruner), Sech (coulter, plough coulter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μαχαίρι αρότρου (plough coulter), Υνί Του άροτρου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Csoroszlya (coulter, frump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coltro (coulter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oltercay sega (plough coulter), relha (coulter, ploughshare, share), pistoleiro (coulter). (various references) Fier De Plug (coulter, plough-share). (various references) Предплужник, Плужный езец, Кольтер. (various references) plužno crtalo. (various references) cuchilla (blade, chopper, coulter, cutter, knife). (various references) Plogjärn (coulter). (various references) Sapan Bıçağı (coulter), Saban Kulağı (coulter). (various references) Сошник, ізак. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Samuel Chapter 13, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai katebainon paV israhl eiV ghn allofulwn calkeuein ekastoV to qeristron autou kai to skeuoV autou kai ekastoV thn axinhn autou kai to drepanon autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Descendebat ergo omnis Israhel ad Philisthim ut exacueret unusquisque vomerem suum et ligonem et securim et sarculum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thanne al Yrael descendide to Philistiym, that echon sharpe his shaar, and diggyng yren, and axe, and purgyng hook; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his colter, and his ax, and his mattock. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Samuel Chapter 13, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Apan ang tanang mga Israelihanon minglugsong ngadto sa mga Filistehanon, aron sa pagbaid sa tagsatagsa sa iyang punta sa daro, ug sa iyang sarol, ug sa iyang wasay, ug sa iyang bingkong; |
| Croatian | Zato su svi Izraelci išli k Filistejcima ako je tko htio da prekuje svoj raonik ili motiku, svoju sjekiru ili ostan za volove. |
| Danish | derfor måtte hele Israel drage ned til Filisterne for at få hvæsset deres Plovjern, Hakker, Økser eller Pigkæppe; |
| Dutch | Daarom moest gans Israel tot de Filistijnen aftrekken, opdat een iegelijk zijn ploegijzer, of zijn spade, of zijn bijl, of zijn houweel scherpen liet. |
| Finnish | Ja koko Israelin, joka miehen, oli mentävä filistealaisten luo teroituttamaan vannastansa, kuokkaansa, kirvestänsä tai muuta teräkaluansa, |
| French | Et chaque homme en Israël descendait chez les Philistins pour aiguiser son soc, son hoyau, sa hache et sa bêche, |
| German | und ganz Israel mußte hinabziehen zu den Philistern, wenn jemand hatte eine Pflugschar, Haue, Beil oder Sense zu schärfen. |
| Haitian Creole | Se konsa, moun pèp Izrayèl yo te blije al lakay moun Filisti yo pou fè dan chari yo, wou yo, rach yo ak kouto digo yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jadi orang Israel harus pergi kepada orang Filistin jika hendak mengasahkan mata bajaknya, cangkulnya, kapaknya dan aritnya; |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab itu tak dapat tiada segala orang Israel turun pergi mendapatkan orang Filistin, supaya masing-masingnya dapat mengasahkan nayamnya dan penggalinya dan kapaknya dan sabitnya. |
| Italian | Così gli Israeliti dovevano sempre scendere dai Filistei per affilare chi il vomere, chi la zappa, chi la scure o la falce. |
| Maori | Haere ai a Iharaira katoa ki raro, ki nga Pirihitini ki te whakakoi i te hea, i te maripi o tana parau, i tana toki, i tana ko. |
| Norwegian | Og hele Israel måtte gå ned til filistrene for å få smidd sine plogjern og sine hakker, sine økser og sine plogskjær, |
| Portuguese | Pelo que todos os israelitas tinham que descer aos filisteus para afiar cada um a sua relha, a sua enxada, o seu machado e o seu sacho. |
| Rumanian | Wi fiecare om din Israel se pogora la Filisteni ca sq-wi ascutq fierul plugului, coasa, securea wi sapa, |
| Swedish | Och så måste en israelit alltid begiva sig ned till filistéerna, om han ville låta vässa sin lie eller sin plogbill eller sin yxa eller sin skära, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "colter": colters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "colter" (pronounced kō"lter) |
| 5 | k ō" l t er | Coulter. |
| 4 | -ō" l t er | Bolter, molter, Poulter. |
| 3 | -l t er | altar, alter, belter, falter, filter, halter, kelter, kilter, psalter, Quilter, Realtor, Salter, shelter, skelter, smelter, swelter, welter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lector. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: ceorl, recto. | |
-2 letters: celt, cero, clot, cole, colt, core, cote, lore, orle, role, rote, rotl, tole, torc, tore. | |
-3 letters: cel, col, cor, cot, let, lot, ole, orc, ore, ort, rec, ret, roc, roe, rot, tel, toe, tor. | |
-4 letters: el, er, et, lo, oe, or, re, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: chortle, cloture, clouter, colters, corslet, costrel, coulter, elector, electro, lectors, locater. | |
+2 letters: acrolect, brocatel, chelator, chlorate, chlorite, chortled, chortler, chortles, cloister, clothier, clotured, clotures, clouters, coistrel, colewort, collaret, corelate, corselet, corslets, costlier, costrels, coulters, coverlet, covertly, crosslet, cryolite, electors, electron, electros, elicitor, erotical, leprotic, locaters, loricate, occulter, pectoral, petrolic, plectron, reclothe, relocate, sectoral, selector, trochlea. | |
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