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Definition: Cruet |
CruetNoun1. Bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cruet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Etymology: Cruet \Cru"et\, noun. [Anglo-French cruet, diminutive from Old French crue, cruie; of German or Celtic origin, and akin to English crock an earthen vessel.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: CruetSynonym: crewet (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cruet |
| English words defined with "cruet": Chrismatory. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cruet": Burette. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Cruet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cruet" 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 (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cruet": cruet stand. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cruet": cruet-set, cruet-stand. | |
Ending with "cruet": Perez-cruet. | |
| 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 |
cruet | 32 |
oil and vinegar cruet | 28 |
cruet oil | 7 |
cruet set | 6 |
cruet pepper salt set uk | 2 |
cruet handcrafted set uk | 2 |
crafted cruet hand set uk | 2 |
cruet keepsake set uk | 2 |
cruet pepper salt set | 2 |
cruet handcrafted set | 2 |
crafted cruet hand set | 2 |
cruet keepsake set | 2 |
antique cruet set | 2 |
cruet grape oil vinegar | 2 |
bottle cruet | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cruet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | takëm tryeze, shishe vaji e uthulle për tryeze. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إبريق زجاجي (carafe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шишенце за оцет, потир (chalice, communion cup). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | karafa (carafe, water bottle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | peberboesse og saltkar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | peper-en zout/stelletje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | salière poivrière, flacon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Salz-und Pfeffer/steuer, Messkännchen (cruets), menage, krügchen, gewürzständer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξυδιέρα, φιάλη όξουσ (vinaigrette), φιάλη ελαίου, λαδιέρα, αλατοπιπεριέρα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ecet-olajtartó készlet (cruet stand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | saliera-pepaiola, ampolla (ampoule, bulb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | awnlyntane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uetcray saleiro-pimenteiro, galheteiro (caster, cruet stand, foundry hand), galheta (buret). (various references) serviciu pentru oţet (cruet stand), oţetar (Castor, cruet stand). (various references) уксусница. (various references) bočica (vial). (various references) vinajeras, vinagrera (Castor), salvilla (salver), salera-pimentero. (various references) flaska (bottle, can, flask). (various references) şişe (bottle). (various references) потир (chalice). (various references) lọ giấm, lọ dầu, bình đựng nước thánh (aspersorium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cruet": cruets. (additional references) | |
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"Cruet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cluett, Crait, crauat, creatt, Creeft, creet, creot, cret, creu, creux, crewt, crite, croot, crote, Crout, crowet, cruad, crudet, crue, crued, cruer, cruex, cruft, cruir, cruit, cruite, crunt, Crute, cruted, Cruyft, Cueta, curat, curft, Druiett, Kreutz, Kroetz, pruet, ruet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cruet" (pronounced 'Cru"et'): Acquiet, Anet, Armet, Becket, Blushet, Brocket, Budget, Bushet, Cachet, Chewet, Chuet, Claret, Clicket, Comet, Crevet, Crewet, Crocket, Crownet, Crumpet, Flacket, Flasket, freshet, grivet, HATCHET, Latchet, Levet, locket, Malet, midget, Miscovet, Moonet, Nidget, Nymphet, Owlet, Piet, Placket, Planchet, Planet, Plashet, Pledget, Poet, Poket, Popet, Porket, Pricket, Privet, Prophet, Puet, Purset, Pyet. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: curet, cuter, eruct, recut, truce. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: cure, curt, cute, ecru, true. | |
-2 letters: cue, cur, cut, ecu, rec, ret, rue, rut. | |
-3 letters: er, et, re, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: acuter, couter, cruets, cruset, curate, curets, curite, curter, curvet, cutler, cutter, eructs, precut, rectum, rectus, recuts, reluct, truced, truces, tucker, uretic. | |
+2 letters: arcuate, becrust, becurst, butcher, capture, cautery, centaur, centrum, century, chetrum, chunter, cloture, clouter, cluster, clutter, cornute, coulter, counter, courted, courter, couters, couther, couture, crewcut, croquet, crudest, cruelty, crumpet, crusets, crusted, culture, culvert, cuprite, curated, curates, curette, curites, current, curtate, curtest, curtesy, curtsey, curvets, cutlers, cutlery, cutover, cutters, eductor, encrust, eructed, eucrite, facture, furcate, icterus, lecture, outrace, overcut, picture, precuts, racquet, recount, recruit, rectums, relucts, retouch, scouter, scutter, toucher, traduce, trounce, trucked, trucker, truckle, tuckers, uncrate, utricle. | |
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