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Definition: Nectar |
NectarNoun1. A sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators. 2. Fruit juice especially when undiluted. 3. (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nectar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Nectar \Nec"tar\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they come pretty near to a knowledge of its chief ingredient. Juno drank a cup of nectar, But the draught did not affect her. Juno drank a cup of rye -- Then she bad herself good-bye. J.G. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Literature | Nectar Wine conferring immortality, and drunk by the gods. The Koran tells us "the righteous shall be given to drink pure wine sealed with musk." The food of the gods is Ambrosia. (Greek nektar.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In Greek mythology, nectar and ambrosia are the food of the gods. It is believed that the two terms were not originally distinguished—though in Homer's poems and later works, nectar is the drink and ambrosia the food. On the other hand, in Alcman nectar is the food, and in Sappho and Anaxandrides ambrosia the drink. Each is used in Homer as an unguent (Iliad, xiv. 170; xix. 38). Both are fragrant, and maybe used as perfume. According to W. H. Röscher (Nektar und Ambrosia, 1883; see also his article in Röscher's Lexikon der Mythologie) nectar and ambrosia were originally only different forms of the same substance - honey, regarded as a dew, like manna, fallen from heaven, which was used both as food and drink. See also Ichor.In botany, nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by the flowers of plants in order to attract pollenating animals. Nectar is the principal raw ingredient for honey.
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Nectar is a town located in Blount County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 372.Geography
Nectar is located at 33°58'8.846" North, 86°38'10.522" West (33.969124, -86.636256). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.7 km² (1.8 mi²). 4.7 km² (1.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.55% is water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 372 people, 141 households, and 110 families residing in the town. The population density is 78.9/km² (204.8/mi²). There are 158 housing units at an average density of 33.5/km² (87.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.31% White, 0.00% Black or African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.88% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. 2.69% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 141 households out of which 39.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.8% are married couples living together, 7.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% are non-families. 19.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.64 and the average family size is 3.02. In the town the population is spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 103.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 112.2 males. The median income for a household in the town is $44,167, and the median income for a family is $49,250. Males have a median income of $31,563 versus $24,583 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,408. 11.5% of the population and 14.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 18.0% are under the age of 18 and 13.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nectar, Alabama."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
NECTAR | English | Networked electronic storage and communication of telematics applications programme results | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: NectarSynonym: ambrosia (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Savoriness | Tidbit, dainty, delicacy, tasty morsel; appetizer, hors d'ouvres; ambrosia, nectar, bonne-bouche; game, turtle, venison; delicatessen. |
Sweetness | Nectar; hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nectar |
| English words defined with "nectar": ambrosia, Amrita ♦ beebread ♦ Carduus nutans ♦ honey eater, honey gland, honey plant, honeycreeper, honeyflower, honeysucker, Humming bird ♦ Lambertia formosa, lory ♦ mountain devil, musk thistle ♦ Nectarean, Nectared, Nectareous, Nectarize, nectary, nodding thistle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "nectar": BACCHUS ♦ COOK, SPECIALTY ♦ Gods ♦ Odhaerir ♦ Scornful Dogs will eat dirty Puddings, Swarga ♦ Zulal. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "nectar": Nectariferous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Nectar" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (nectar), French (nectar), Latin (drink of the gods, nectar), Romanian (honey-dew, nectar), Spanish (nectar). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Give me two packs of cigarettes today. Working overtime: Sixteen hours And nature's nectar, wake-up juice (Ghost World; writing credit: Daniel Clowes) | |
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 | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Sea Oxeye, Borrichia frutescens, a common high marsh plant in southern marshes, is a good nectar source for coastal butterflies. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Buttonbush is a shrub or small tree that gets its name from its fragrant ball like cluster of white flowers which bloom May-August. A good source of nectar for butterflies and seeds for ducks and deer. Credit: Dot Paul. |
 | A corn earworm moth sips nectar from a night-blooming Gaura plant. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Juan Lopez.. |  | Nicolas fines bouteilles Nectar et Glou-glou / / d'après Dransy. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Sweet Nectar" by Kris Kelley Commentary: "A yellow butterfly enjoying the only open pink flower." | "Busy bee" by Uschi Hering Commentary: "Collecting nectar." |
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| Author | Quotation |
John Burroughs | I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey. |
Martial | The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar. |
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| "Nectar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.27% of the time. "Nectar" is used about 137 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) | 99.27% | 136 | 27,260 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.73% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 137 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Nectar, AL (town, FIPS 53448) |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "nectar": nectar-and-pollen, nectar-collecting, nectar-eating, nectar-feeding, nectar-laden, nectar-less, nectar-producing, nectar-robbers, nectar-seeking, nectar-spurs, nectar-thieves. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "nectar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | nektar (honeydew). (various references) | |
Arabic | الرحيق الإ لهي, رحيق, شراب الآلهة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вкусно сладко питие, нектар (honey). (various references) | |
Chinese | 花蜜. (various references) | |
Czech | nektar. (various references) | |
Dutch | nectar. (various references) | |
Esperanto | nektaro. (various references) | |
Farsi | نوش (Hobnob, Pledge), شهد (Ambrosia, Honey, Molasses, Ooze), شراب لذیذخدایان یونان , شربت (Beverage, Juice). (various references) | |
Finnish | nektari, mesi (honey). (various references) | |
French | nectar. (various references) | |
German | Nektar. (various references) | |
Greek | νέκταρ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | צוף (honeydew, mead, sweet), צפיחית (cake, wafer), נקטר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | virágméz, nektár. (various references) | |
Italian | nettare (clean). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 甘露 (sweetness). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かんろ (sweetness), かみつ (crowded), みつ (honey). (various references) | |
Korean | 감로. (various references) | |
Manx | naghtyr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ectarnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | néctar. (various references) | |
Romanian | nectar (honey-dew), licoarea zeilor, bãuturã fermecatã (philtre). (various references) | |
Russian | нектар. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nektar, medovina (mead). (various references) | |
Spanish | néctar. (various references) | |
Swedish | nektar. (various references) | |
Thai | น้ำผลไม้ (juice), น้ำหวานของเกสรดอกไม้. (various references) | |
Turkish | nektar, bitki özü (honey, sap), balözü. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | фруктовий сік (crush), квітковий сік (honey), нектар (beewine), напій богів. (various references) | |
Welsh | neithdar. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | nectar. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nectar": nectaries, nectarine, nectarines, nectarous, nectars, nectary. (additional references) | |
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"Nectar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nachar, Neca, necar, necare, Necati, necator, necatrix, necetur, Nechtan, necra, necrat, Necta, nectared, nectary, necter, Nector, Neecct, Nektar, nektor, Nekzad, Neshat, Nesjar, nesta, Nestar, netir, nextar, nicta, noctua, noscitur, Nwcta, Nyctea, Nzctu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "nectar" (pronounced ne"kter) |
| 5 | n e" k t er | connecter, connector. |
| 4 | -e" k t er | collector, defector, detector, director, erector, Hector, injector, inspector, lector, objector, projector, protector, rector, sector, Specter, spectre, vector. |
| 3 | -k t er | abductor, actor, benefactor, character, chiropractor, compactor, conductor, constrictor, constructor, contractor, detractor, doctor, factor, inductor, instructor, malefactor, predictor, Proctor, prospector, reactor, refractor, semiconductor, stricter, subcontractor, superconductor, tractor, Victor. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: canter, carnet, centra, recant, tanrec, trance. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: antre, caner, caret, carte, cater, crane, crate, enact, nacre, rance, react, recta, trace. | |
-2 letters: acne, acre, ante, cane, cant, care, carn, cart, cate, cent, earn, etna, narc, near, neat, race, rant, rate, rent, tace, tare, tarn, tear, tern. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ane, ant, arc, are, art, ate, can, car, cat, ear, eat, era. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: canters, carnets, cateran, centare, centaur, central, ceratin, certain, chanter, creatin, crenate, enactor, nectars, nectary, recants, reenact, scanter, tacrine, tanrecs, tranced, trances, tranche, uncrate. | |
+2 letters: accentor, acentric, ancestor, ancestry, anchoret, anoretic, anuretic, argentic, bacterin, cabernet, canister, cantered, carcanet, carinate, carotene, cartoned, catenary, caterans, catering, catnaper, centares, centaurs, centaury, centiare, centrals, ceratins, chanters, chaunter, cisterna, clarinet, coparent, coronate, courante, craniate, crankest, creatine, creating, creatins, creation, crenated, decanter, dicentra, enactors, enactory, entrance, ethnarch, increate, interact, iterance, merchant, navicert, outrance, pentarch, portance, preenact, reaccent, reactant, reacting, reaction, reascent, recanted, recanter, recreant, recusant, reenacts, sarcenet, scantier, snatcher, stancher, tacrines, trackmen, tranches, transect, truncate, uncrated, uncrates, uncreate, underact, untraced. | |
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