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Definition: Paillasse |
PaillasseNoun1. Mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "paillasse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Etymology: Paillasse \Pail*lasse"\, noun. [French expression, from paille straw. See Pallet bed.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: PaillasseSynonym: palliasse (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Support | Bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Paillasse |
| Non-English Usage: "Paillasse" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (clown, paillasse, pallet). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "paillasse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dyshek kashte (pallet, pallet-bed, palliasse). (various references) | |
Arabic | سطلة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сламеник (pallet, palliasse). (various references) | |
French | paillasse (pallet). (various references) | |
Greek | αχυρόστρωμα (mulch, pallet, palliasse). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szalmazsák (pallet, palliasse). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aillassepay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | balde cheio. (various references) | |
Romanian | saltea de paie (pallet, straw mattress). (various references) | |
Russian | соломенный тюфяк (chaff bed, pallet, palliasse). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | slamarica (palliasse, straw mattress). (various references) | |
Swedish | halmmaddrass (palliasse, straw mattress). (various references) | |
Turkish | ot minder (pallet), ot şilte (pallet, palliasse). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nệm rơm (palliasse). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: palliasse. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-l-p-s-s" | |
-2 letters: aliases, espials, lapises, lipases, lipless, paellas, palsies, sallies. | |
-3 letters: aisles, allies, assail, espial, lapels, lapses, lassie, lipase, lisles, paella, paisas, palais, paleal, pallia, passel, plisse, salals, saleps, salpae, salpas, sepals, sepias, slipes, spails, spales, spalls, speils, spells, spiels, spiles, spills. | |
-4 letters: aisle, alias, apses, apsis, aspis, assai, ileal, isles, lapel, lapis, lapse, lases, leaps, lisle, lisps, pails, paisa, paise, palea, pales, palls, pases, passe, peals, pilea, piles, pills, pleas, plies, sails, salal, salep, sales, salpa, salps, salsa, seals, sells, sepal, sepia, sials, sills, sipes, sisal, slaps, slipe, slips, spaes, spail, spale, spall, speil, spell, spiel, spies, spile, spill. | |
-5 letters: aals, ails, alae, alas, ales, alls, alps, apes, apse, asea, asps, ells, ilea, ills, isle, laps, lase, lass, leal, leap, leas, leis, less, lies, lipa, lipe, lips, lisp, pail, pale, pall, pals, pase, pass, peal, peas, pial, pias, pies, pile, pill, piss, plea, plie, psis, sail, sale, sall, salp, sals, saps, seal, seas, seis, sell, sels, sial, sill, sipe, sips, slap, slip, spae, spas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-l-p-s-s" | |
+1 letter: palliasses, sailplanes. | |
+2 letters: sailplaners. | |
+3 letters: palatialness, parallelisms, plagioclases. | |
+4 letters: planetesimals. | |
+5 letters: palatialnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 69 6C 6C 61 73 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .. .-.. .-.. .- ... ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01101001 01101100 01101100 01100001 01110011 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a i l l a s s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0069 006C 006C 0061 0073 0073 0065 |
| 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)506775787867858571 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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