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Definition: Flitch |
FlitchNoun1. Fish steak usually cut from a halibut. 2. Salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "flitch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A large piece from the side of a log, (i. e. clear of the pith), which is sawn or hewn on two or more sides, waney, bevel-edged or square-edged, and intended for further conversion. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A piece of sawn or hewn timber intended for further conversion. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | A package of sheets of veneer laid together in the sequence of their cutting. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: FlitchSynonym: side of bacon (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Flitch |
| English words defined with "flitch": Flitches. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "flitch": Dunmow, Dunmow Flitch ♦ straight-slicing-machine operator ♦ VENEER-SLICING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "flitch": Bacon. (references) |
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| "Flitch" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Flitch" is used about 4 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 (proper) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
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 |
beam flitch | 7 |
flitch plate | 4 |
beam design flitch | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flitch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | flitch, finerblok, træblok til knivskæring af finer. (various references) | |
Dutch | kloshout, gesorteerd fineer, deel (part, fragment, item, particle, volume). (various references) | |
Finnish | pölkky (block, log). (various references) | |
French | Flèche, quartelot, quartelle, bille (flitch billet). (various references) | |
German | Flitch, Klotz (block, chunk, hulk, brick, chump), Holzscheibe, Heilbuttschnitte. (various references) | |
Greek | βουβόν κορμόξυλον, Φέτα χοιρινού. (various references) | |
Italian | flitch, tronco parzialmente squadrato, sciaverone, prisma esente dalla zona di anima, pacco di fogli tranciati secondo la sequenza di taglio, elemento di trave composta. (various references) | |
Manx | lhiattee [f] (flank, side), lhiattee (flank, side). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itchflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | toro (torus), pranchão (plank), posta de peixe (fish steak), empilhamento de folheado após o corte, costaneira, cortar em postas. (various references) | |
Russian | планка (slat). (various references) | |
Spanish | troza (bolt, cant, flitch billet), Toque (touch), Tocarse (dab, impinge, jar, lap, palp, touch, wing), cuerpo de troza, cuartón, chapas dispuestas. (various references) | |
Swedish | stock (log), bak (back, backside). (various references) | |
Turkish | Uzun Kereste, Domuz Döşü, Dilbalığı Eti. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Обапіл, Корейка, Різати На Бруски. (various references) | |
Welsh | hanerob (flitch of bacon). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flitch": flitched, flitches, flitching. (additional references) | |
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"Flitch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Clintoch, filtch, flach, flatch, flech, Fleisch, flich, flict, flintch, flith, floch, flotch, Fullich, Ilyitch, litch, lytch, slitch. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-h-i-l-t" | |
-1 letter: clift, filch, filth, fitch, licht. | |
-2 letters: chit, clit, flic, flit, hilt, itch, lich, lift. | |
-3 letters: chi, fil, fit, hic, hit, ich, lit, tic, til. | |
-4 letters: hi, if, it, li, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-h-i-l-t" | |
+2 letters: flichter, flitched, flitches. | |
+3 letters: chairlift, fletching, flichters, flitching, lightface. | |
+4 letters: catchflies, chairlifts, cuttlefish, fetchingly, fletchings, flichtered, lightfaced, lightfaces, pitcherful, ultrafiche. | |
+5 letters: feldspathic, flichtering, pitcherfuls, pitchersful, spaceflight, trichlorfon, ultrafiches. | |
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