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Definition: Fender |
FenderNoun1. A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; "in England they call a fender a wing". 2. An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track. 3. A low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth. 4. A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to contact. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fender" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Note: Fender \Fen"der\, noun. [From Fend, transitive verb i., compare to Defender.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | Equipment used in making thicker than equilibrium glass. They consist of thick hollow bars made of a refractory material. Through the hollow space water is circulated in U-shaped pipes inserted through the walls just above the surface of the float bath, and ouside the pipes some molten tin has been poured as a termal conductor. The distance between the fenders and the sidewalls can be regulated in accordance with the thickness required. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Resilient device, usually movable, interposed between a ship's hull and harbour walls or other ships so as to minimise impact and prevent direct contact so as to reduce risk of structural damage or chafing. Often of ropework, timber or pneumatic construction. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A log, pole or stake, or a standing tree so placed as to keep skidded material to the skidding road and away from obstructions, and also to protect standing trees from damage. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A thin pillar of coal, adjacent to the gob, left for protection whiledriving a lift through the main pillar. (references) |
Public Administration | Timber, stone, or metal posts or fences designed to attract attention to the presence of a bridge or culvert and to assist in the safe passage of traffic over the structure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | External stiffener extending longitudinally on the sides of a vessel a short distance above the water line to protect it against damage from quay-walls, piles, other vessels. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Fender Musical Instrument Corporation is one of the most popular and widely recognised manufacturers of guitars, basses and amplifiers in the world. The invention of the first mass-produced electric guitar, dubbed Telecaster (originally named Broadcaster, a name which was already registered by the Gretsch company for a line of drums), and the first electric bass guitar, the Precision Bass (or P-Bass) can be attributed to the Fender company. Leo Fender can also be credited with the invention of the Stratocaster (or Strat), an icon of modern rock music.
External link:
- A history of Fender
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fender."
Synonyms: FenderSynonyms: buffer (n), cowcatcher (n), pilot (n), wing (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defense | Bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako; (dress). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fender |
| English words defined with "fender": Bowgrace ♦ Puddening ♦ wing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fender": ASSEMBLER, BICYCLE I ♦ pocket-and-fender method ♦ Right as a Trivet. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fender": Defender. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fender" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (fender), Norwegian (fender), Portuguese (cleave, crack, cut, cut up, fissure, flaw, let by, nick, open, rend, rip, rive, sever, slit, split, splitting, sunder, to split), Spanish (split), Swedish (fender, puddening). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Every day I wake up without a scratch on me, not a dent in the fender I am an immortal (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) | |
Clever | Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' but not in those words. (references; author: Woody Allen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rube and Fender (1903) Hippwood-Barrett Car Fender (1899) Fender Philosophers (1997) | |
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 | Refueling a PBM seaplane at sea in December 1944. Note name "Unaymit" and insignia painted on the plane's bow. Also multi-colored fender between plane and ship. Credit: NAVY. |  | Photographed during her Spanish-American War service, 1898. Note anchors and anchor handling gear; also coiled rope fender at the bow. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Truck Fender Rust 01" by Jason Krieger Commentary: "A macro shot of a rusted truck fender." | "Black Antique car" by Persist Persist Commentary: "Black fender and grill from an antique car. Photo taken October, 2002." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption |
 | Fender guitar. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | When young, he one day saw the dress of a chambermaid catch in the fender, and fell in love through the accident |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | She had her feet on the fender and her jewelly slippers were so hot and they had such a lovely warm smell |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He walked slowly to the front of it, put his hand on the shiny fender, and looked at the (r)No Riders * sticker on the windshield |
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| "Fender" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 39.55% of the time. "Fender" is used about 311 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 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 39.55% | 123 | 28,925 |
| Noun (singular) | 34.41% | 107 | 31,463 |
| Noun (proper) | 24.76% | 77 | 37,929 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.29% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 311 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "fender" 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 |
| Fender | Last name | 2,000 | 4,905 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "fender": fender belting ♦ fender skid. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fender": fender-bender, fender-like, fender-style, fender-type. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
fender | 1,615 | fender bass guitar | 57 |
fender guitar | 1,173 | fender rhodes | 56 |
fender pa | 684 | bushwacker fender flare | 53 |
fender flare | 279 | fender freddie | 49 |
fender stratocaster | 246 | fender skirt | 44 |
250 fender pd | 166 | fender eliminator kit | 43 |
fender telecaster | 134 | fender guitar part | 43 |
fender bass | 133 | fender acoustic guitar | 42 |
fender amps | 130 | fender music | 42 |
freddy fender | 129 | fender passport | 40 |
fender forum | 120 | fender custom shop | 38 |
fender eliminator | 87 | fender amp | 37 |
fender trim | 85 | fender japan | 35 |
fender strat | 84 | fender squire | 33 |
fender mustang | 81 | vintage fender guitar | 33 |
fender jaguar | 77 | fender jazzmaster | 33 |
fender jazz bass | 71 | fender acoustic | 32 |
fender amplifier | 64 | fender bassman | 31 |
fender electric guitar | 63 | 57 fender reissue strat used | 31 |
fender serial numbers | 59 | fender stratocaster guitar | 30 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fender"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zjarrmbrojtës, rrjetë metalike, parafango, goditjezbutës. (various references) | |
Arabic | وقاء (cradle, guard, hedge, housing, rampart, shelter, shield), حاجز الاصطدام بالقطار, سياج المدفأة, رفرف السيارة, رفرف العجلة, درابزين (balustrade, banister, guard rail, handrail, parapet, railing, stair rod), درابزون (handrail). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | решетка пред камина (curb), фендер, калник (dashboard, mud box, mudguard, splash-board, splasher, sump, wing), броня (aegis, armature, armor plate, armour, armour plate, bumper, corselet, cuirass, dashboard, mail, plate armor, plate armour, ring-mail, shell, splash-board, test), предпазител (cutout, pawl, protector, safeguard, safety fuse). (various references) | |
Chinese | 防御者 (Defender). (various references) | |
Czech | plechová ohrádka, nárazník (buffer, bumper), mříž před krbem, blatník (dash-board, mud guard, mudguard, splashboard, wing). (various references) | |
Danish | fenderbaelte (fender belting, rubbing bands, rubbing piece, rubbing strake, rubbing strip), fender, skaerm (buckle, mudguard, shield, umbel, video display unit, visual display unit, wing), skånetræ (fender skid, glancer, sheer log), skånepæl (fender skid, glancer, sheer log), skærmsæde (mudguard seat), haek (feeding rack, hay rack, hurdle, rack, stable feeding rack, straw rack), barriere (barrier), autoværn (guide post, guide rail). (various references) | |
Dutch | fender, remmingwerk (piled fendering, timber staging), bijkomende zitplaats (mudguard seat), geleiboom (fender skid, glancer, sheer log), geleidepaal (guide post, guide rail), geleiderail (guide post, guide rail), geleipaal (fender skid, glancer, sheer log), geleistam (fender skid, glancer, sheer log), berghout, kurkenzak, zitplaats op het spatbord (mudguard seat), schuurlijst (fender belting, rubbing bands, rubbing piece, rubbing strake, rubbing strip, strake), spatbord (mudguard), stootkussen (buffer, bumper), verhoogde rand, vinder (discoverer), vuurscherm, wrijfhout, haardscherm (fire screen). (various references) | |
Esperanto | fajroŝirmilo. (various references) | |
Finnish | fenderi, viilari, sumupaalu (guide post, guide rail), reunapaalu (delineator, guide post, guide rail), lepuuttaja, laitasuoja. (various references) | |
French | garde-boue, aile. (various references) | |
German | schutzblech (guard plate, mudguard), kotflügel (fender US, mudguard, mudguards, wing), fender (fender belting, rubbing bands, rubbing piece, rubbing strake, rubbing strip). (various references) | |
Greek | κάθισμα στο φτερό (mudguard seat), στρωμάτσο (pudding fender), στύλος σηματοδοτήσεως (guide post, guide rail), προφυλακτική ζώστρα (fender belting, rubbing bands, rubbing piece, rubbing strake, rubbing strip), προφυλακτήρασ αυτοκίνητου, προφυλακτήρασ (buffer, bumper), προφυλακτήρας (bumper), προεξοχή της εφοδιοφόρου, περίζωμα (girdle, tire), παράβλημα (pudding fender), φτερό (feather, mudguard, plume, wing), ζωστήρας (belt, fender belting, herpes zoster, rubbing bands, rubbing piece, rubbing strake, rubbing strip, shingles, zona). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעקה האח, לזבז חכוך, פגוש (buffer front, bumper), רפידה (carpet, lining, upholstery). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sárvédő (splash-board, splasher, wing), sárhányó (dashboard, mudguard, splash-board, splasher, wing), lökhárító (buffer, bumper), ütközõ (buffer, nosing, percussive). (various references) | |
Indonesian | slebor. (various references) | |
Italian | parafango (mudguard, splashboard), parabordo, difesa (championship, defence, defense, protection, resistance, screen, security, shelter, shield, stand). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | フェルミ粒子 (a walk, fall, fault, fault-tolerance, fauvisme, fellowship, fence, fencing, Fermi particle, ferret, ferro-alloy, foam, foam rubber, focus, Fodor, fog, fog lamp, fog light, foie gras, folder, folk, folk art, folk dance, folk song, folklore, follow, follow wind, follow-through, followup, follow-up, fondue, font, force, force-out, ford, fore, forecast, foreground, forehand, foreman, forge, fork, fork ball, forklift, forklore, form, formal, formal dress, formal wear, formalism, format, formation, formatter, formatting, form-feed, formula car, formula plan, formula translation, forte, FORTRAN, fortune, forum, forward, forward pass, forwarding, fossa magna, foster child, foster parent, four nines, fox-trot, Fuji, Fuji-TV, pheromone, phone, phonograph, photo, photo library, photo realism, photo story, photo studio, photochromic glass, photocoupler, photodiode, photogenic, photogenie, photograph, photographer, photography, photogravure, photoresist, phototransistor, Volkswagen, VW), 泥除け (mudguard). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フェンダー , どろよけ (mudguard). (various references) | |
Korean | 구조망. (various references) | |
Manx | fendyr, builleydane. (various references) | |
Norwegian | fender, støtfanger (buffer, bumper), bilskjerm. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | enderfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | resguardo (fireguard). (various references) | |
Romanian | ecran de îngrãdire, apãrãtoare de foc, amortizor (buffer, bumper, damper, shock). (various references) | |
Russian | крыло автомобиля (dash-board, dasher, mudguard, splashboard, vane), кранец (puddening, pudding), каминная решетка (fire screen, fire-guard, grate), бампер;крыло. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bokobran, blatobran (mudguard, splashboard). (various references) | |
Spanish | parachoques (buffer, bumper). (various references) | |
Swedish | stötfångare (bumper, bumpers), stänkskärm (mudguard), frihult, fender (puddening). (various references) | |
Thai | บังโคลนรถ (mudguard). (various references) | |
Turkish | tampon (buffer, bumper, cushion, packing, shock absorber, tampon, wad), koruyucu düzen, şömine paravanası. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | решітка каміна. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật chắn, lá chắn. (various references) | |
Welsh | bancr (chair-back). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fender": fendered, fenderless, fenders. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fender": defender, offender. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fender": defenders, offenders. (additional references) | |
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"Fender" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fandeo, Fanderl, fanser, fednet, feider, Feldberg, felder, femer, fende, fenden, fendered, fenderi, fendi, fendo, fendre, fenner, fente, Fentem, fenter, finda, Findern, fremder, fuder, funder, fynde, zender. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fender" (pronounced fe"nder) |
| 5 | f e" n d er | defender, offender. |
| 4 | -e" n d er | Ender, engender, bender, blender, contender, gender, lender, pretender, render, sender, slender, Spender, splendor, surrender, suspender, tender, vendor. |
| 3 | -n d er | Alexander, asunder, attainder, auslander, Bander, bartender, binder, blander, blinder, blonder, blunder, bookbinder, bounder, brander, bystander, calamander, calendar, candor, cinder, cofounder, commander, Condor, coriander, cylinder, extender, finder, flounder, fonder, founder, gander, gerrymander, grander, grinder, highlander, hinder, islander, kinder, Lander, launder, lavender, mainlander, meander, minder, oleander, pander, pathfinder, Pinder, plunder, ponder, pounder, rejoinder, remainder, reminder, responder, rounder, salamander, sander, Sidewinder, slander, sounder, squander, Stander, sunder, thunder, tinder, transponder, under, viewfinder, wander, weekender, winder, wonder, yonder, Zander. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-n-r" | |
-1 letter: defer, ender, freed, refed. | |
-2 letters: deer, dene, dere, dree, erne, feed, fend, fere, fern, free, need, nerd, rede, reed, reef, rend. | |
-3 letters: dee, den, end, ere, ern, fed, fee, fen, fer, nee, red, ree, ref. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, ef, en, er, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-f-n-r" | |
+1 letter: definer, fenders, refined, unfreed. | |
+2 letters: befriend, defender, deferent, definers, enfolder, enforced, enframed, enserfed, fendered, fingered, foredone, forefend, freedman, freedmen, freehand, frenched, frenzied, friended, inferred, niffered, offender, redefine, refenced, refunded, refunder, underfed, unfeared. | |
+3 letters: befriends, befringed, conferred, defenders, deference, deferents, deferment, deferring, different, enfevered, enfolders, engrafted, fermented, forefends, forenamed, forfended, foundered, freshened, infielder, offenders, predefine, redefined, redefines, redefying, refeeding, referenda, refounded, refrained, refronted, refunders, reinfused, reunified, unbriefed, underfeed, unfreedom, unrefined. | |
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