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Definition: Cummerbund |
CummerbundNoun1. A broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cummerbund" was first used: 1616. (references) |
Note: Cummerbund \Cum"mer*bund`\, noun. [Written also kummerbund, cummerband, etc.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Neckerchief, neckcloth; tie, ruff, collar, cravat, stock, handkerchief, scarf; bib, tucker; boa; cummerbund, rumal, rabat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Cummerbund" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cummerbund" is used about 13 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% | 13 | 97,576 |
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 |
cummerbund | 32 |
cummerbund set | 8 |
silk cummerbund | 4 |
cummerbund kyoto | 4 |
cummerbund and bow tie | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cummerbund"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 褡 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | övsál, övkendő. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | カポシ肉腫 (cam, camellia, camembert, cameo, camera, camera angle, camera position, camera rehearsal, camera reportage, camera work, camera-eye, cameraman, camomile, camouflage, CAMUS, chameleon, collar, collarless, color, color arrangement, color box, color combination, color conditioning, color coordinator, color display, color dynamics, color ink, color marking pen, color mechanical tint, color planning, color rinse, color screentone, color spraypaint, colored, colored steel sheet, colorless, colour, comeback, French cognac, kapok, Kaposi sarcoma, kayak, younger members of the group). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | カマーバンド . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fent (belt, waistband). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ummerbundcay кушак (sash). (various references) faja (band, bandage, belt, binder, corset, girdle, sash, strip, zone). (various references) brett sidenskärp. (various references) kuşak (belt, binder, cincture, generation, girdle, loins, progeny, sash, swathe, waistband, zone), kemer (arch, archway, band, belt, cincture, cove, fascia, girdle, strap, vaulting, waistband, zone). (various references) пояс (cincture, girdle, girth, sash, waist belt, waistband, zone), пасок (girdle, waist belt, zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Persian | 800-Modern | kamar. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cummerbund": cummerbunds. (additional references) | |
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"Cummerbund" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cumberbund, cumerbund, cummberbund. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-d-e-m-m-n-r-u-u" | |
-2 letters: uncurbed. | |
-3 letters: crumbed, crumbum, uncured. | |
-4 letters: bummed, bummer, burden, burned, cumber, cummer, cundum, curbed, dumber, numbed, number, unbred, uncurb. | |
-5 letters: brume, crude, crumb, cubed, cuber, cured, demur, dunce, durum, mured, nuder, redub, rumen, umber, under, undue. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-d-e-m-m-n-r-u-u" | |
+1 letter: cummerbunds. | |
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