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"FITTINGS" is a plural of: fitting. |
Date "FITTINGS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | Leakproof devices to connect pipelines to one another, or to equipment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Auxiliary and accessory tools and equipment needed to drill a borehole using either percussive, churn, rotary, diamond, or other types of drills. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrument | Gear; tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances; plant, materiel; harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments; barde; equipment, equipmentage; appointments, furniture, upholstery; chattels; paraphernalia; (belongings). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: FITTINGS |
| English words defined with "FITTINGS": brassbound ♦ red-lead putty ♦ Sliding gunter, Standing finish, Stock in trade ♦ urea-formaldehyde resin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FITTINGS": CEMENT FITTINGS MAKER ♦ FITTINGS FINISHER, fittings tightener. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "FITTINGS": ARMS. (references) |
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 | Seine boat; purse davit with blocks; oar-rests Purse weight and purse blocks; bow fittings. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | A variety of types of equipment and fittings including the lock sounder of the HIRONDELLE, figures 1 and 2; metallic fish trap with electric lamp devised by Dr. Regnard, figure 3; spherical floats used for studies of the Gulf Stream, figures 6 and 7; and detail of a robinette for use with the sounding system, figure 8. Plate II, left side. "Results of the Scient. Campaign..." Vol. 84. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Double checks fittings on a GBU-24 bomb. |  | In port circa 1914-17, prior to her World War I naval service. She had previously been the yacht Oneida, which was originally named Utowana. Acquired by the Navy on 25 August 1918, she was later commissioned as USS Adelante (SP-765). After the completion of her Navy service, she was stricken on 27 September 1919 and sold on 25 March 1920. Note the towing fittings on her afterdeck. Credit: NAVY. |
 | View looking aft along the port side amidships, showing the after torpedo tubes, both torpedo cranes, midships .50 caliber machine gun mounts and ready service ammunition boxes, fire hoses, cable reel, and other fittings. Taken at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 16 May 1941. Credit: NAVY. |  | Ship's officers on the deck of a Passaic class monitor, circa 1864-65. This ship has been identified in one published source as USS Sangamon and in another as USS Patapsco. Other photographs (see Photo # 111-B-80 and Photo # 111-B-1961) strongly indicate that it is the former. Note anchor chain on deck, ventilators erected over deck fittings, thin white band painted around the turret top, uneven height of the turret gunports, and Dahlgren howitzer on a field carriage. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Officers pose on deck, in front of the gun turret, probably while the ship was serving on the James River, Virginia, in early 1865. Note ship's bell and other details of the turret and deck fittings. Credit: NAVY. |  | Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. The hammer is still an important tool in ship production. These workers are bending metal fittings on a furnace slab floor, an operation in ship construction at a large Eastern yard. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corpo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Production. Submarine chasers. Bending pipe fittings for new subchasers. The heating furnaces and bending floor of an Eastern boatyard are kept busy as one Navy boat after another is built and fitted. Marine Construction Company, Stamford, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Kelly & Jones Co.; Wrought Iron Pipe and Fittings; Mine, Mill, Oil and Gas Well; Steam and Plummers supplies; Pumps, Boilers, Radiators. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Stocks of stores, fittings and plant shall be handed over under the same conditions as the rolling-stock. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | With its advanced avionics fittings, it has the best range in its category. (references) | |
The majority of safes, locks, and iron fittings for doors used in Hungary are from Austria (WINKHAUS) and Finland (KASO). (references) | ||
Thefts involving car radios and stereos are most frequently reported, but the main items stolen are external fittings such as aerials, badges, wheel trims, hub caps and number plates. (references) | ||
Economic History | Philippines | In terms of pipes, focus should be on tube/pipe fittings made of iron and steel. (references) |
Latvia | Manufacturing (14.3% of GDP): light electrical equipment and fittings, textiles and footwear, technological instruments, construction materials, processed foods. (references) | |
Philippines | The best market prospects also include: Drilling equipment & accessories, parts of steam and other vapor generating boilers such as vapor sprays, atomizers and boiler systems, and pipes and fittings. (references) | |
Trade | Maldives | In addition, items imported for use in the tourism sector are exempted from duty, including: cement, corrugated metal sheets, glass, plywood, formed timber and wood; machinery (including commercial kitchen appliances such as ranges and freezers) and engines valued at US $1,000 or above; outboard engines and sea vessels (up to US $5,000 in value; vessels over US $5,000 receive 50% relief in duty); plumbing and toilet/tub/sink fittings; electrical equipment (e.g., air conditioners, refrigerators and fans); electrical wiring and cables; and desalinization plants, incinerators and compactors. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "FITTINGS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "FITTINGS" is used about 783 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 (plural) | 100% | 783 | 8,834 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "FITTINGS": bathroom fittings ♦ fill fittings ♦ fittings and fixtures account ♦ fix fittings ♦ gas fittings ♦ interior fittings ♦ pipe fittings ♦ put fittings on ♦ shop fittings. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "FITTINGS": light-fittings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FITTINGS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pajisje (amenities, capital goods, device, equipage, equipment, facilities, fit out, fitment, fitting, fixing, fixings, gadget, mounting, provision, rig, rigging, supply, tackle), armaturë (armature, armory, armoury, crib, framework, lagging, mounting). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملائمة (adaptation, reconciliation, turning), قياسة, تناسب (proportion, proportionality, suitability), تناثق, إستعداد (aptitude, arrangement, forthcoming, predisposition, preparation, preparedness, readiness, ready, willingness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | принадлежности (accessories, adjuncts, appendages, appointments, belongings, clobber, equipage, etceteras, findings, fixings, habiliment, materials, paraphernalia, requisites, tackle, things, trimming), инсталация (installation). (various references) | |
Czech | výstroj (equipment, gear, outfit, trim). (various references) | |
Danish | forbindelse (connection), Tilbehoer (accessories). (various references) | |
Dutch | fittingen (connections), verloopstukken (connections), passtukken (connections), leidingenverbindingen (connections), appendages (connections), aanvullende onderdelen (accessories). (various references) | |
Finnish | sisustus (fixtures, furnishings, furniture), liitos (join, joint, scarf, seam), liitin (paper clip), laitteet (apparatus, equipment), helat (mountings). (various references) | |
French | raccorderie, raccordements, pièces accessoires, installations (fixture), accessoires. (various references) | |
German | Zubehör (accessories, accessory, attachments, equipment, fixtures, gadgetry, garniture, paraphernalia, pertinents, set up, setup, supplies), Montagen, Armatur (armature, brace, cramp-iron, fitting, instrument), Anproben. (various references) | |
Greek | σύνδεσμοι (connections), συνδέσεις (connections), βοηθητικά εξαρτήματα μηχανήματος (accessories), διάφορα εξαρτήματα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לפרזל (fix fittings, shoe). (various references) | |
Hungarian | alkatrészek (accessories, components, mountings, parts, spare parts), szerelvények (accessories, equipment), kellékek (accessories, fixings, makings, minor details, properties), felszerelési cikkek. (various references) | |
Italian | pezzi accessori (accessories), accessori (accessories, accessors, accessory, fitting, fixing, material). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 装具 (equipment, harness), 付属" (accessory, appurtenances). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そうぐ (equipment, funeral accessories, funeral items, harness), ふぞくひ" (accessory, appurtenances). (various references) | |
Manx | gliggyryn gas (gas fittings). (various references) | |
Norwegian | utstyr (equipment, gear, kit), tilbehør (accessories), armatur. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ittingsfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acessórios (belongings, dependence, dependency, furnishings, garniture, props). (various references) | |
Russian | гарнитура (furniture, garniture), арматура (accessory, armature, carcass, fixture, fixtures, mounting, reinforcement), приборы. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | oprema (equipment, fitment, kit, outfit, rig, set out, tackling). (various references) | |
Spanish | guarniciones (harness, saddlery). (various references) | |
Swedish | anslutningar (joints), inredning (accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, fitting-up, furnishings, onlay). (various references) | |
Turkish | teçhizat (accoutrement, accoutrements, appointments, arming, equipage, equipment, fitment, fixings, gear, hardware, rig). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | пристосування (accommodation, adaptation, appliance, arrangement, attachment, conformation, fit, readjustment, rig). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"FITTINGS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fiatting, fiiting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FITTINGS" (pronounced fi"tingz) |
| 4 | -t i ng z | beatings, castings, coatings, cuttings, everlastings, fightings, frostings, greetings, hustings, listings, marketings, meetings, outings, paintings, plantings, postings, printings, ratings, seatings, settings, shootings, sightings, whitings, writings. |
| 3 | -i ng z | bearings, beginnings, beheadings, beings, belongings, Billings, blessings, boardings, bombings, bookings, borrowings, briefings, buildings, burnings, bushings, carjackings, carvings, casings, ceilings, clippings, closings, comings, couplings, coverings, cowlings, cravings, crossings, darlings, dealings, doings, drawings, dressings, droppings, drownings, ducklings, dumplings, dwellings, earnings, earrings, earthlings, endings, engravings, etchings, evenings, facings, failings, fastenings, feedings, feelings, filings, fillings, financings, findings, firings, fixings, flavorings, followings, forgings, furnishings, gatherings, goings, groupings, hangings, happenings, headings, hearings, helpings, herrings, hijackings, holdings, housings, innings, killings, landholdings, landings, lashings, leanings, leavings, leggings, lemmings, lightnings, linings, livings, loadings, lodgings, longings, lynchings, mailings, makings, markings, meanings, misgivings, misunderstandings, moldings, moorings, mornings, mouldings, muggings, musings, nestlings, nothings, offerings, openings, pickings, pilings, pleadings, poisonings, posturings, proceedings, publishings, puddings, railings, rankings, readings, recordings, rehearings, ridings, riggings, Rollings, rulings, rumblings, runnings, samplings, saplings, savings, sayings, schillings, scrapings, screenings, seasonings, seedlings, servings, shadings, shavings, shillings, shipbuildings, shortcomings, showings, siblings, skillings, slayings, soundings, spellings, stabbings, standings, stockings, sufferings, surroundings, tailings, takings, teachings, tidings, toppings, trappings, trimmings, underlings, underpinnings, understandings, undertakings, uprisings, vikings, wanderings, warnings, weddings, winnings, workings, wrongdoings, yearlings, yearnings. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-i-i-n-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: fisting, fitting, sifting, sitting. | |
-2 letters: gittin, siting. | |
-3 letters: finis, gifts, intis, sting, stint, tings, tints, titis. | |
-4 letters: figs, fins, fist, fits, gift, gins, gist, gits, inti, nisi, nits, sift, sign, sing, snit, ting, tins, tint, titi. | |
-5 letters: fig, fin, fit, gin, git, ifs, ins, its, nit, sin, sit, tin, tis. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-i-i-n-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: misfitting, testifying. | |
+3 letters: festinating, filmsetting, fittingness, frostbiting, fungistatic, fustigating, fustigation, stratifying, stultifying. | |
+4 letters: filmsettings, frostbitings, fustigations. | |
+5 letters: fittingnesses, fortnightlies, pettifoggings. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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