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FISH WEIR

Specialty Definition: FISH WEIR

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

Traplike arrangement of fences in which the fish or other prey enter a catching chamber from which escape is difficult, especially when the way out of the trap is secured by a non-return device. Source: European Union. (references)
 Fish trap. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: FISH WEIR

Synonyms by domain: barricading (food & agriculture), corralling.

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Modern Translation: FISH WEIR

Language Translations for "FISH WEIR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

fiskegård (barricade, corral, fish corral, fish garth, weir), bundgarn (barricade, weir). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

weer (afresh, again, all over again, anew, defence, defense, once more, weather), waard (beloved, dear, expensive, host, innkeeper, landlord, lovely, valuable, worth), vloeiwaard (barricade, corral, fish corral, weir), sero (barricade, corral, fish corral, weir), rietpark (barricade, corral, fish corral, weir), doolhof (labyrinth, maze). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

karsinapato (barricade, corral, fish corral, weir). (various references)

   

French

  

bourdigue, bordigue. (various references)

   

German

  

Fischzaun (barricade, corral, fish corral, weir), Fischwehr (weir). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ιχθυοφραγμός (barricade, weir). (various references)

   

Italian

  

lavoriero (barricade, weir). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ishfay eirway

   

Portuguese

  

estacada (groyne, pale, paling, palisade, railing, stockade, tilt-yard), barreira (bar, barrier, bound, fence, fencing, gate, hedge, hurdle, limit, pale, pike, restraint, screen), barragem (barrier, boom, dam). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

encañizada (barricade, weir). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fiskgård (barricade, corral, fish corral, weir), bottengarn (barricade, weir). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FISH WEIR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-f-h-i-i-r-s-w"

-1 letter: fishier.

-2 letters: fisher, sherif, wisher.

-3 letters: fires, fresh, fries, frise, heirs, hires, reifs, rishi, serif, shier, shire, shrew, weirs, whirs, wifes, wires, wiser, wries.

-4 letters: fehs, fire, firs, fish, heir, hers, hews, hies, hire, ires, iris, iwis, refs, reif, reis, resh, rife, rifs, rise, seif, serf, shew, shri, sire, weir, whir, wife, wire, wise.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-h-i-i-r-s-w"
 

+5 letters: housewiferies, weightlifters.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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