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Definition: Pocketknife |
PocketknifeNoun1. A knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pocketknife" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Synonym: PocketknifeSynonym: pocket knife (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pocketknife |
| English words defined with "pocketknife": flick knife ♦ -knives ♦ penknife ♦ switchblade, switchblade knife. (references) |
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| "Pocketknife 1" by Marcel Hol Commentary: "It's sharp.." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Language | Translations for "pocketknife"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | zavírací nùž (clasp knife), kapesní nùž (jackknife, pen knife, pocket knife). (various references) | |
Farsi | چاقوی جیبی . (various references) | |
German | Taschenmesser (clasp knife, jackknife, penknife, penknives, pocket knife, pocket knives, pocketknives). (various references) | |
Greek | σουγιάσ (clasp knife, jack knife, penknife). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אולר (knife, penknife). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zsebkés (pen knife, penknife, pocket knife). (various references) | |
Italian | temperino (pencil sharpener, penknife). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ocketknifepay.(various references) | |
Russian | карманный нож (pocket-knife). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | perorez (case knife, pen knife, penknife), džepni nož (pocket knife). (various references) | |
Spanish | navaja (clasp knife, jack knife, jackknife, penknife, pocket knife, razor). (various references) | |
Turkish | çakı (penknife, pocket knife). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-i-k-k-n-o-p-t" | |
-4 letters: entopic, kenotic, ketonic, necktie, nepotic, picotee, potence, topkick. | |
-5 letters: cenote, confit, entice, incept, infect, inkpot, ketone, kopeck, noetic, notice, pecten, pectin, picket, pocket, poetic, pointe, poteen. | |
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