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Definition: King Post |
King PostNoun1. Post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Vertical post fitted to support a derrick. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A vertical member of a stamp battery frame that carries the camshaft. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Support | Frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion; crown post, king post; vertebra. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| 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 |
king post | 2 |
king post truss | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "king post"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Samson post (sampson post). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mast (mast), makelaar (broker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Samson-posti (sampson post), puomimasto (sampson post), paalumasto (sampson post). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | poincon, mât auxiliaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Ladepfosten (sampson post), Firstständer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | στύλος υποστήριξης φορτωτήρα (sampson post), ιστός φορτωτήρα (sampson post). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | puntale di baglio (sampson post). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | reehackey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ingkay ostpay mastro de pau de carga (sampson post). (various references) pendolón (sampson post). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kingpost. | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-k-n-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: inkpots, posting, spoking, stoking, stoping. | |
-2 letters: gipons, ingots, inkpot, opting, pingos, pinkos, pinots, pintos, piston, pitons, points, poking, posing, postin, spigot, spinto, stingo, stinko, tigons, toking, toping, tsking. | |
-3 letters: ginks, gipon, gopik, ikons, ingot, kings, kinos, knits, knops, knosp, knots, oinks, oping, opsin, pingo, pings, pinko, pinks, pinot, pinto, pints, pions, piton, point. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-k-n-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: kingposts. | |
+3 letters: groupthinks, outspeaking, postmarking, stockpiling. | |
+4 letters: backstopping, outsparkling. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Expressions: Internet 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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