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Definition: Gnawer |
GnawerNoun1. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gnawer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Synonyms: GnawerSynonyms: gnawing animal (n), rodent (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "gnawer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | brejtës (corrosive). (various references) | |
Czech | hlodavec (gopher, ground squirrel, rodent). (various references) | |
German | Nagetier (rodent). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rágcsáló (mumbler, murine, rodent). (various references) | |
Manx | caigneyder (chewer, rodent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | awergnay.(various references) | |
Russian | грызун (rodent). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | glodar (gopher, rodent), glodalo, nagrizalo. (various references) | |
Turkish | kemirgen (rodent). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | động vật gặm nhắm. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gnawer": gnawers. (additional references) | |
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"Gnawer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gawber, ghawar, Glawari, ngwane, njacwer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "gnawer" (pronounced 'Gnaw"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-n-r-w" | |
-1 letter: anger, range, regna, rewan, wager, wrang. | |
-2 letters: ager, anew, earn, gaen, gane, gear, gnar, gnaw, gran, grew, near, rage, rang, wage, wane, ware, warn, wean, wear, wren. | |
-3 letters: age, ane, are, awe, awn, ear, eng, era, erg, ern, gae, gan, gar, gen, nae, nag, naw, new, rag, ran, raw, reg, wae, wag, wan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-n-r-w" | |
+1 letter: gnawers, twanger, wagoner, wangler, wearing, wrangle. | |
+2 letters: bewaring, greenway, resawing, rewaking, rewaxing, swearing, twangers, twangier, twangler, wafering, wagering, waggoner, wagoners, wanglers, watering, wavering, wearying, wrangled, wrangler, wrangles, wreaking. | |
+3 letters: angleworm, answering, bewraying, clearwing, downgrade, downrange, greenways, lawyering, nightwear, overawing, reavowing, reawaking, redrawing, rewarding, rewarming, rewashing, reweaving, twanglers, waggoners, wandering, warmonger, waterings, wearingly, wranglers, wreathing. | |
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