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Definition: Ebonite |
EboniteNoun1. A hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ebonite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | Hard, brownish-black or red product obtained by vulcanising rubber, including synthetic rubber, with a high proportion of sulphur. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: EboniteSynonyms: hard rubber (n), vulcanite (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: vulcanite (european union, industry). |
Crosswords: Ebonite |
| English words defined with "ebonite": negative electricity ♦ Vulcanized fiber. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ebonite" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (ebony, vulcanite). |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The platinoid wire is insulated and the covering of silk that insulates it is wound on the ebonite bobbins just where my finger is. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Ebonite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ebonite" is used about 2 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% | 2 | 245,945 |
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 |
ebonite | 111 |
ebonite bowling ball | 39 |
ebonite bowling | 23 |
ebonite ball | 4 |
ebonite international | 2 |
ebonite ii pearl vortex | 2 |
ebonite rod | 2 |
ebonite vortex | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ebonite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ebanit. (various references) | |
Arabic | مطاطي (rubber, rubbery), الأبونيت مطاط قاسي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вулканит, ебонит. (various references) | |
Czech | ebonit. (various references) | |
Danish | ebonit (hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite). (various references) | |
Dutch | eboniet (hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite). (various references) | |
Finnish | eboniitti (vulcanite). (various references) | |
French | ébonite. (various references) | |
German | Hartgummi (hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite), Ebonit (hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite). (various references) | |
Greek | σκληρυμμένο καουτσούκ (hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite), εβονίτησ, εβονίτης (hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ebonit. (various references) | |
Indonesian | ebonit. (various references) | |
Italian | ebanite (hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | エホバの証人 (epoxy, Jehovah's Witnesses). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | エボナイト . (various references) | |
Korean | 경" 무. (various references) | |
Manx | eabbanite. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eboniteay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ebonite (ebony, hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite), sujo (boarish, cloudy, crummy, dingy, dirty, feculent, filthy, foul, frowzy, great, grin, grouty, grubby, lousy, messy, miry, mucky, nasty, obscenity, piggish, scurrilous, sloven, slovenly, smudgy, smutty, soiled, splotchy, squalid, stained, swinish, unclean, untidy, unwashed), borracha endurecida (hard rubber, hard set, hardened rubber, vulcanite). (various references) | |
Romanian | ebonitã. (various references) | |
Russian | эбонит (vulcanite). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ebonit. (various references) | |
Spanish | ebonita (hard rubber, hardened rubber, vulcanite). (various references) | |
Swedish | ebonit (vulcanite). (various references) | |
Thai | ยางแข็งมาจากการผสมยางกับกำมะถัน. (various references) | |
Turkish | ebonit, siyah sert kauçuk. (various references) | |
Ukranian | ебоніт (vulcanite). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | $Ebonit. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ebonite": ebonites. (additional references) | |
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"Ebonite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: becotite, ebenistes, ebionite, ebonie, ebonied, eburnated, Lebowitz. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ebonite" (pronounced 'Eb"on*ite'): Abderite, Abietite, Accite, Aciculite, Aconite, Acquisite, Acrite, Adamite, Adiaphorite, Aerolite, Aerosiderite, Agalmatolite, Albertite, Albite, Allanite, Allochroite, Alunite, Ambrite, Ammite, Ammonite, Ampelite, Analcite, Andalusite, Andesite, Anglesite, Anhydrite, Ankerite, Anorthite, Anorthosite, Antholite, Anthophyllite, Anthraconite, Anthropolite, Anthropomorphite, Anthropopathite, Anthropophagite, Antimonite, Apatite, Aphanite, Aphrite, Apophyllite, Apotactite, Appetite, Apposite, Aragonite, Archimandrite, Arenicolite, Areopagite, Argentite, Argillite, Arkite, Arragonite, Arsenite, Arsenopyrite, Artotyrite, Asterophyllite, Astroite, Atacamite, Attrite, Atwite, Augite, Aurichalcite, Autunite, Axinite, Azotite, Azurite, Azymite, Babingtonite, Baculite, Balanite, Ballistite, Barnabite, Baryto-calcite, Basanite, Basicerite, Basipodite, Bedlamite, Bedsite, Belemnite, Belonite, Benjamite, Benthamite, Berthierite, Bindheimite, Bipartite, Bismite, Bisulphite, Blatherskite, Blite, Bloedite, Bobwhite, Boltonite, Boracite, Bornite, Botryolite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Bowenite, Braunite, Brewsterite, Brochantite, Bromyrite, Bronzite, Brookite, Brucite, Brushite, Bucholzite, Bufonite, Byssolite, Cabrerite, Calaite, Calamite, Calaverite, Calcite, Caledonite, Campbellite, Cancerite, Cancrinite, Candite, Carbonite, Carnallite, Carpolite, Cassiterite, Catamite, Catlinite, Cenobite, Cerargyrite, Cerolite, Cervantite, Ceylanite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chalybite, Chesterlite, Chiastolite, Chondrite, Chondrodite, Chromite, Chrysolite, Cite, Cleavelandite, Coccolite, Coenobite, Colemanite, Colophonite, Coloradoite, Columbite, Composite, Conchite, Concite, Condurrite, Congenite, Conite, Convertite, Coprolite, Coquimbite, Corallinite, Corallite, Cordierite, Cordite, Cream-white, Crinite, Crocidolite, Crocoisite, Crocoite, Cronstedtite, Crotaphite, Cryolite, Crystallite, Cucurbit, Cucurbite, Cuprite, Cushite, Cyanite, Cyanosite, Dambonite, Danaite, Danalite, Danburite, Danite, Darbyite, Datolite, Daubreelite, Dawsonite, Dendrite, Dendrolite, Detrite, Dichroite, Digitipartite, Diorite, Dissite, Dite, Ditroite, Dolomite, Domeykite, Domite, Dopplerite, Dufrenite, Dulcite, Dynamite, Dyscrasite, Dysluite, Ebionite, Echinite, Eclogite, Ectoparasite, Edingtonite, Edomite, Ehlite, Ekebergite, Elaeolite, Elamite, Elaolite, Elaterite, Elcesaite, Embolite, Enargite, Encratite, Encrinite, Endite, Endoparasite, Endopleurite, Endopodite, Endosternite, Enstatite, Entomolite, Entrochite, Eosphorite, Epipodite, Epistilbite, Epithite, Epitrite, Epsomite, Eremite, Erinite, Erudite, Erythrite, Eschynite, Essonite, Eucairite, Euchite, Euchroite, Eulytite, Euxenite, Evite, Exinanite, Exopodite, Extradite, Fahlunite, Farcilite, Favosite, Fayalite, Felsite, Fengite, Fergusonite, Ferrocalcite, Fibrolite, Ficttelite, Fightwite, finite, Fiorite, Flea-bite, fluorite, Foralite, Forcite, Forewite, Fowlerite, Francolite, Franklinite, Freieslebenite, Frost-blite, Fulgurite, Fungite, gadolinite, gahnite, Galenite, Galerite, garnierite, Gaylussite, Geocronite, Geyserite, Gibbsite, Gieseckite, Gite, Glassite, Glauberite, Glauconite, Globulite, Glycerite, Gmelinite, Gnathastegite, Gnathite, Gnathopodite, Goniatite, Gothamite, Grahamite, Grangerite, Granulite, graphite, Grapholite, Graptolite, greenockite, Gryphite, Guerite, gummite, Gymnite, Gyrogonite, haematite, Haidingerite, halite, Hauerite, Hauynite, Heliolite, Hellkite, Helminthite, Hemacite, hematite, Hepatite, Heppelwhite, Heracleonite, Herapathite, Herderite, Hessite, Heulandite, Hicksite, Hiddenite, Hippurite, Hisingerite, Hittite, Holosiderite, Homilite, Hopeite, Hoplite, Humite, Hussite, Hyalite, Hydromagnesite, Hydrosulphite, hypochlorite, Hypocrite, Hyponitrite, Hypophosphite, Ichnite, Ichnolite, Ichthyocoprolite, Ichthyodorulite, Ichthyolite, Ichthyophthalmite, impolite, inapposite, incite, Incomposite, Incondite, indefinite, Indicolite, Indomite, Inerudite, Inosite, Insulite, Iodyrite, Iolite, Irvingite, Ischiocerite, Ischiopodite, Ishmaelite, Islamite, Isodulcite, Israelite, Itacolumite, -ite, jadeite, Jamesonite, Japhethite, Japhetite, Jarosite, Jaspilite, Jeffersonite, Jeronymite, Judahite, Juncite, Juniperite, kainite, Kampylite, Karaite, Karpholite, Karstenite, Keilhau-ite, Kerargyrite, Kerite, Kerolite, kieserite, Knebelite, Kobellite, Konite, Krokidolite, Kryolite, Kyannite, Labradorite, Laminarite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-n-o-t" | |
-2 letters: beton, biont, boite. | |
-3 letters: been, beet, bene, bent, bine, bint, bite, bone, ebon, into, nite, note, obit, teen, tine, tone. | |
-4 letters: bee, ben, bet, bin, bio, bit, bot, eon, ion, neb, nee, net, nib, nit, nob, not, obe, obi, one, tee, ten, tie, tin, toe, ton. | |
-5 letters: be, bi, bo, en, et, in, it, ne, no, oe, on, ti, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: betonies, cenobite, ebonites, obedient. | |
+2 letters: bentonite, cenobites, coenobite. | |
+3 letters: bentonites, betokening, biogenetic, coenobites, embodiment, hebetation, negotiable, noticeable, obediently, ostensible, reobtained, tenebrious. | |
+4 letters: baronetcies, benediction, benedictory, benefaction, boutonniere, celebration, cerebration, connectible, convertible, disobedient, embodiments, embroilment, exorbitance, freebooting, geobotanies, hebetations, intolerable, isobutylene, mentionable, misbegotten, molybdenite, obscenities, outbreeding, overbeating, overbetting, reobjecting, tenebrionid, theobromine, tinderboxes. | |
+5 letters: abortiveness, benedictions, benefactions, bioenergetic, biosyntheses, boutonnieres, celebrations, cerebrations, contemptible, convertibles, deliberation, diabetogenic, embroilments, enterobiases, enterobiasis, exacerbation, exhibitioner, exorbitances, hebetudinous, insobrieties, isobutylenes, jettisonable, letterboxing, molybdenites, nebulosities, nitrobenzene, noncelebrity, nonobjective, outbreedings, questionable, renegotiable, speedboating, subpotencies, tenebrionids, theobromines, unnegotiable, unnoticeable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 62 6F 6E 69 74 65 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -... --- -. .. - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100010 01101111 01101110 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E b o n i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0062 006F 006E 0069 0074 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39688180758671 |
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