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Definitions: Lanyard |
LanyardNoun1. A cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon. 2. A cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle. 3. A line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lanyard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references) |
Etymology: Lanyard \Lan"yard\, noun. [French expression lani[`e]re thong, strap, Old French lasniere, from lasne strap, thong, from Latin expression lacinia lappet. flap, edge of garment. Compare to Lanier.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: LanyardSynonym: laniard (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Lanyard |
| English words defined with "lanyard": Dead-eye. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lanyard": fuse lock ♦ snubbing unit. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "lanyard": Lanier. (references) |
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 | Lanyard instinctively shipped oars and picked up the rifle.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Aided by the surprise of his onslaught, Lanyard succeeded in disarming the spy.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | We hauled off upon the lanyard of the whipstaff, and helped the man at helm. |
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| "Lanyard" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lanyard" is used about 11 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 (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "lanyard": arming lanyard. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
lanyard | 441 |
lanyard key chain | 48 |
neck lanyard | 46 |
badge lanyard | 39 |
craft lanyard | 24 |
make lanyard | 21 |
lanyard toy | 17 |
lanyard pattern | 14 |
lanyard making | 13 |
lanyard supplier | 12 |
custom lanyard | 12 |
lanyard instructions | 10 |
lanyard supply | 10 |
lanyard design | 9 |
fmf lanyard | 9 |
lanyard manufacturer | 8 |
lanyard part | 8 |
book boon doggle lanyard | 7 |
lanyard braiding | 7 |
disney lanyard | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lanyard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | litar i shkurtër (laniard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حبل قصير. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ремък (band, belt, brace, cinch, strap, thong), въже (laniard, line, rope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tenké lano nevleèné (laniard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | uniformssnor (brandenburg, frog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | brandebourg (brandenburg, frog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | واکسیل نظامیان , تسمه یاطناب , طناب پرچم , طناب کوتاه برای کشیدن چیزی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ride, cordon, brandebourg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schleife (bow, bow tie, horse-shoe bend, kink, loop, ribbon, sledge, slotted link, slotted piece, tie, turn, twisty bend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σειρίδα (brandenburg, frog), μικρό σχοινί πρόσδεσησ ιστών. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חבל קצר. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rohamszíj, rögzítőkötél, nyakba vetett késtartó zsinór, feszítőkötél (stretcher), elsütő zsinór. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cordone (applied thread, collar mark, cord, cordon, curb, curbstone, edging, flash, flex, kerb, laid-on thread, nosing, overfill, pull, string), cordoncino (back ring, ball, bead, cord, gimp, piping, ring collar, twine), alamaro (brandenburg, frog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 방아끈. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lanyarn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anyardlay lanuginoso, passadeira (carpeting for corridors or passages, crosswalk, drawing, laniard, zebra crossing), colhedor (gatherer, laniard, picker), alamar (brandenburg, buttonhole, frog, gin, point, tab). (various references) curea (belt, girdle, leash, leather, sling, strap, thong), şnur (braid, chenille, cord, cordon, in apple-pie order, line, string, twine, twist). (various references) тросовый талреп, вытяжной шнур (laniard). (various references) kratak konopac (laniard), konopac za opaljivanje topa. (various references) cuerda corta, cordón para silbato, almar (brandenburg, frog), acollador (rigging screw, stretching screw, turnbuckle). (various references) taljerep (laniard), snodd (band, cord, lace, lacing, laniard, rope, string, twist), fyrsnöre (laniard). (various references) kordon (cord, cordon, funicle, funiculus, string), köstek (Albert, albert chain, clog, fetter, fob, fob chain, gyve, hobble, shackle, sprag, tether, watch chain), ip (cord, halter, lap, rope, string, tether, tightrope, twist), halat (hawser, lap, lashing, line, rope). (various references) тросовий талреп, витяжний ремінець. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "lanyard": lanyards. (additional references) | |
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"Lanyard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alysardi, Banyard, Langard, Lindard, Linhart, Lunardi, Lynyrd, Ranyard, tanyard. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "lanyard" (pronounced 'Lan"yard'): Barnyard, Brickyard, Churchyard, Courtyard, Dockyard, Dooryard, Dungyard, Farmyard, Foreyard, graveyard, Hopyard, Hortyard, Innyard, Kirkyard, Meteyard, Panyard, shipyard, Stackyard, steelyard, Tanyard, Vineyard, Whinyard. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-l-n-r-y" | |
-2 letters: aland, alary, lardy, lyard, nyala, randy. | |
-3 letters: alan, alar, anal, aryl, darn, dray, lady, land, lard, nada, nard, nary, rand, raya, rynd, yald, yard, yarn. | |
-4 letters: aal, ala, ana, and, any, dal, day, dry, lad, lar, lay, nay, rad, ran, ray, rya, yar. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, al, an, ar, ay, la, na, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-l-n-r-y" | |
+1 letter: lanyards, yardland. | |
+2 letters: fairyland, radiantly, yardlands. | |
+3 letters: cardinally, fairylands, laundryman, pardonably, reanalyzed, standardly. | |
+4 letters: accordantly, cardinality, glandularly, hydralazine, mandatorily. | |
+5 letters: deflationary, hydralazines, ineradicably, overanalyzed, sardonically, valetudinary. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 6E 79 61 72 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -. -.--. .- .-. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01101110 01111001 01100001 01110010 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a n y a r d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 006E 0079 0061 0072 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46678091678470 |
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