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Iron Collar

Definition: Iron Collar

Iron Collar

Noun

1. An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Iron Collar

Synonyms: garotte (n), garrote (n), garrotte (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Iron Collar

English words defined with "iron collar": garotte, garrotteJougsscrag. (references)
Specialty definitions using "iron collar": drill stemEmancipationFUR CLEANER, fur dry-cleanerGOLF-CLUB ASSEMBLERhanging boltssawdust-machine operator. (references)

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Use in Literature: Iron Collar

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

An iron collar hung in one of these cells.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Iron Collar

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EMANCIPATION, n. A bondman's change from the tyranny of another to the despotism of himself. He was a slave: at word he went and came; His iron collar cut him to the bone. Then Liberty erased his owner's name, Tightened the rivets and inscribed his own. G.J.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Iron Collar

Language Translations for "iron collar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Swedish

  

halsjärn. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Iron Collar

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-l-n-o-o-r-r"

-2 letters: carillon, colonial.

-3 letters: carrion, clarion, corolla, coronal, criollo, orcinol.

-4 letters: alnico, carlin, caroli, clinal, clonal, collar, coloni, corona, corral, lorica, oilcan, oorali, racoon, rancor.

-5 letters: acorn, aloin, cairn, carol, claro, colin, colon, color, coral, coria, croon, lilac, linac, llano, local, loral, loran, narco, naric, nicol, noria, orcin, racon.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-l-n-o-o-r-r"
 

+3 letters: correlational, incorporeally.

 

+4 letters: narratological.

 

+5 letters: controversially.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Iron Collar


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 72 6F 6E      43 6F 6C 6C 61 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01110010 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101100 01101100 01100001 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#114 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#108 &#108 &#97 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0072 006F 006E      0043 006F 006C 006C 0061 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

438481802378178786784

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Iron Collar"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningsvensk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationengelsk
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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