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Definition: Crampon |
CramponNoun1. A hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects. 2. An iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | An appliance for holding stones or other heavy objects that are to be hoisted by crane. It consists of a pair of bars hinged together like scissors, the points of which are bent inwards for gripping the load, while the handles are connected by short lengths of chain to a commonhoist ring. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CramponSynonyms: climber (n), climbing iron (n), crampoon (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crampon |
| Non-English Usage: "Crampon" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (barnacle, bind, calk, clamp, climbing, crampon, limpet, staple), Romanian (calk, crampon, dog, holdfast, hook, Spike, staple, stud). |
| "Crampon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Crampon" is used about 32 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) | 87.5% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (common) | 12.5% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
buffet crampon | 25 |
crampon | 14 |
buffet crampon evette | 3 |
buffet crampon saxophone | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "crampon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kanxhë (coupling, drag, gaff, grab, grapnel, grapple, grappling iron, hook, Peavey, Peavy, peg, pothook), çengel (hook, pothook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كلاب لرفع الأثقال, خف مسماري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | желязна стяга. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 起重吊'. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | stupaèka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چنگک(crampoon=), قلاب (Buckle, Clasp, Creel, Frog, Grapple, Hank, Hook, Link, Pennant, Tach, Uncus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | crampon (cramp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | steigeisen (climbing iron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ס "ל ברזל לטפוס. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | markoló (clamshell, clam-shell, crampoon, grab, grasper), betonkapocs (crampoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ramponi, grappetta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amponcray ponteira (chape, tip), ponta (beak, jot, neb, nib, peak, point, prickle, sparable, stub, summit, tab, tine, tip), grampos de ferro. (various references) crampon (calk, dog, holdfast, hook, Spike, staple, stud), colţar (boss, corner, cupboard, quoin, Square, triangle), scoabã (bracer, chisel, clamp, clasp, clench, clincher, clip, cramp, dog, Gib, gouge, link, staple, strap, yoke). (various references) шипы на подошвах обуви, кошки альпинистские. (various references) krampon. (various references) tenazas (nail drawer, pair of pincers, pincers, pinchers, pliers, tongs), garfios (climbing irons), garfio (claw, gaff, hook), gancho de metal. (various references) stegjärn, lyftsax, issko, brodd (calk, calkin, germ, rough, Spike, sprout). (various references) tırmanma demiri (climbing irons, crampoon), mengene (clamp, cramp, crampiron, crampoon, mill, press, vice, vise), krampon (climbing irons, cramp, crampiron, crampoon, creeper, spikes, stud), kenet (clamp, clasp, crampiron, crampoon, holdfast), çivi (cotter, crampoon, nail, wedge). (various references) кліщі (claw, forceps, pincers, tongs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crampon": crampons. (additional references) | |
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"Crampon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Campan, campen, campon, Cercamon, Crampa, Cramphorn, cramponed, crapen, Crapo, crappen, Kermabon, Krommyon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "crampon" (pronounced 'Cram"pon'): Coupon, Crepon, Culpon, Shippon, Yaupon. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-m-n-o-p-r" | |
-1 letter: macron. | |
-2 letters: acorn, apron, campo, capon, carom, copra, cramp, macon, macro, manor, narco, racon, roman. | |
-3 letters: arco, camp, capo, carn, carp, coma, comp, corm, corn, cram, crap, crop, mano, marc, moan, mora, morn, narc, noma, norm, orca, porn, pram, prao, proa, prom, ramp, roam, roan, romp. | |
-4 letters: amp, arc, arm, cam, can, cap, car. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-m-n-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: corpsman, crampons, crampoon, monocarp. | |
+2 letters: comparing, crampoons, monocarps, panoramic, pyromancy. | |
+3 letters: anamorphic, campground, comparison, comparting, complainer, importance, importancy, mascarpone, monocarpic, morphactin, patronymic, pyromaniac. | |
+4 letters: campgrounds, carpogonium, comparisons, compartment, compensator, complainers, emancipator, importances, imprecation, mascarpones, monographic, morphactins, nomographic, palindromic, paramountcy, patronymics, performance, phonogramic, pockmarking, preromantic, proclaiming, pyromancies, pyromaniacs. | |
+5 letters: actinomorphy, bronchospasm, cameraperson, camphorating, compartments, compensators, compensatory, compurgation, contemplator, contemporary, dopaminergic, emancipators, importancies, imprecations, incomparable, incomparably, intercompany, intercompare, intracompany, misanthropic, nonempirical, panchromatic, pancreozymin, paronomastic, performances, philharmonic, phonogrammic, postromantic, predominance, predominancy, proclamation, protactinium, pyromaniacal, unimportance. | |
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