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Definition: Coulter |
CoulterNoun1. 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. |
Date "coulter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
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Bible | Coulter (1 Sam. 13:20, 21), an agricultural instrument, elsewhere called "ploughshare" (Isa. 2:4; Micah 4:3; Joel 3:10). It was the facing-piece of a plough, analogous to the modern coulter. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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Synonym: CoulterSynonym: colter (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: Coulter |
| Specialty definitions using "coulter": Coulter counter ♦ plough beam. (references) |
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 | (9) color slides show the tip of the Coulter counter in a buffer solution, counting cells in solution. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Some of the airship's officers on board USS Richmond (CL-9) on the morning after her crash. Macon went down during the night on 12 February 1935. Present are (left to right): Lieutenant (Junior Grade) George W. Campbell, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Gerald L. Huff, Lieutenant Anthony L. Danis, Lieutenant Harold B. Miller, Lieutenant Commander George H. Mills, Lieutenant Commander Calvin M. Bolster, Construction Corps, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Earl K. Van Swearingen, Lieutenant Howard N. Coulter, Chief Boatswain William A. Buckley, and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Leroy C. Simpler. Credit: NAVY. |
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Business | The market leaders in hematology & coagulation instruments and reagents are Sysmex, Beckmen Coulter, Abbott, Roche, and Technicon. (references) | |
Major U.S. players include Johnson & Johnson (diagnostics), Becton-Dickinson, Coulter, ICN, Sigma, Life Care, Abbott Laboratory, Dade, and Waters, among others. (references) | ||
Market leaders in blood gas analysis instrumentation and reagents are Chiron, Radiometer, and Nova. Electrolyte market leaders include Nova, Chiron, and Beckmen Coulter. (references) | ||
Economic History | Romania | U.S. companies with a more significant share of the market include: General Electric, Hewlett Packard, Beckman Coulter, Picker, Stryker, ATL, Varian, Alcon, Coherent, Perkin Elmer, Medronic, Abbot, Becton Dickinson, Helena Laboratoris, and Biogenis. (references) |
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| "Coulter" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 73.68% of the time. "Coulter" is used about 38 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) | 73.68% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.42% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.89% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 38 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "coulter" 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 |
| Coulter | Last name | 8,000 | 1,586 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Beckman Coulter Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Coulter, IA (city, FIPS 16815) |
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Ending with "coulter": plough-coulter. | |
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| 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 "coulter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | thikë plugu, disk para plugut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нож на плуг. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | plovskaer (bar share), forplov (jointer, skim coulter, skimmer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ploegijzer, kouter (colter, plough coulter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coutre de charrue, coutre (colter, plough coulter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sech (colter, plough coulter), Pflugschar (ploughshare, plowshare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπάθα (sabre, sword), ινίο άροτρου, μαχαίρι (dagger, knife, knife (knives)), υνί του άροτρου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csoroszlya (Colter, frump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coltro (Colter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | coltar (plough cutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oultercay relha (colter, ploughshare, share). (various references) fier de plug (Colter, plough-share). (various references) кольтер, предплужник (colter), плужный резец. (various references) coltar (a coulter). (various references) cuchilla (blade, chopper, Colter, cutter, knife). (various references) plogjärn (Colter). (various references) sapan bıçağı (Colter), saban kulağı (Colter). (various references) сошник (opener), різак (bill hook). (various references) cwlltwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | culter. (various references) |
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| 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; |
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| 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, |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coulter": coulters. (additional references) | |
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"Coulter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: celutel, Coalter, Colutea, Couldery, couler, couleur, Coulshed, Coultard, Coultas, coulteri, couter, coutre, oculte. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coulter" (pronounced kō"lter) |
| 5 | k ō" l t er | Colter. |
| 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: cloture, clouter. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: colter, colure, couter, cutler, lector, reluct. | |
-2 letters: ceorl, clour, clout, court, cruel, cruet, culet, curet, cuter, eruct, lucre, outer, outre, recto, recut, route, truce, ulcer. | |
-3 letters: celt, cero, clot, clue, cole, colt, core, cote, cult, cure, curl, curt, cute, ecru, euro, lore, lour, lout, luce, lure, lute, orle, role, rote, rotl, roue, rout. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: clotured, clotures, clouters, coulters, occulter. | |
+2 letters: coculture, consulter, corpulent, courtlier, nucleator, occulters, peculator, urceolate, ureotelic. | |
+3 letters: cataloguer, cocultured, cocultures, colporteur, consulters, coulometer, coulometry, courtliest, edulcorate, ejaculator, elucidator, locutories, nucleators, operculate, orbiculate, outcrawled, peculators, sclerotium, speculator, telecourse, ulceration, uricotelic, volumetric. | |
+4 letters: blockbuster, breechclout, cataloguers, colporteurs, congruently, conjectural, construable, corpulently, corruptible, coulometers, coulometric, counterblow, counterflow, counterfoil, counterplan, counterplay, counterplea, counterplot, counterploy, countervail, courteously, courtliness, crenulation, edulcorated, edulcorates, ejaculators, ejaculatory, electrocute, elucidators, emasculator, exculpatory, executorial, fluorescent, granulocyte, intercouple, involucrate, lactiferous, luteotropic, microtubule, monoculture, multicourse, multisource, neuroleptic, operculated, radiolucent, reductional, reinoculate, reluctation, speculators, telecourses, terricolous, tuberculoid, tuberculous, ulcerations, uricotelism. | |
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