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Definitions: Saddleback |
SaddlebackNoun1. A pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle). 2. A double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "saddleback" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A. Eng.; Scot. A roll or undulation in the roof or pavement of a seam. See also:saddleb. A hill or ridge having a concave outline along its crest. (references) |
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Synonyms: SaddlebackSynonyms: gable roof (n), saddle (n), saddle roof (n), saddleback roof (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Saddleback |
| English words defined with "saddleback": harp seal ♦ saddle roof, saddleback roof. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "saddleback": concave bit. (references) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The saddleback which the topography of Paris forms upon the right bank, empties one of its slopes into the Seine and the other into the Grand Sewer. |
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| "Saddleback" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Saddleback" is used about 5 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% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "saddleback": saddleback roof. 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 |
saddleback college | 900 |
church saddleback | 377 |
saddleback | 227 |
saddleback community college | 152 |
saddleback valley unified school district | 95 |
church community saddleback | 71 |
hospital saddleback | 62 |
hospital memorial saddleback | 34 |
saddleback valley school district | 32 |
center eye saddleback | 28 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "saddleback"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | qafë male. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | седловина (saddle), вид гларус, покрив с два фронтона (saddle roof). (various references) | |
Chinese | 鞍形山. (various references) | |
Danish | svin af Saddleback-racen (saddleback pig), Sattelschwein (saddleback pig), Saddleback (saddleback pig), bakkeharve (saddleback harrow). (various references) | |
Dutch | sleepegge (saddleback harrow), zadelvarken (saddleback pig), zadeldak (gable roof, gabled roof, pitched roof, ridged roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, tower roof), torendak (saddle roof, saddleback roof, tower roof). (various references) | |
Finnish | saddleback-sika (saddleback pig), saddleback-rotuinen sika (saddleback pig), saddleback (saddleback pig), täpläharmomittari (saddleback looper). (various references) | |
French | toit en batiere (saddle roof, saddleback roof), toit de tour (saddle roof, saddleback roof), porc saddleback (saddleback pig), porc croisé (saddleback pig), herse billons (saddleback harrow), arpenteuse bossue de la pruche (saddleback looper). (various references) | |
German | Schmiegegge (saddleback harrow), Sattelschwein (saddleback pig), Satteldach (gable roof, gabled roof, pitched roof, ridged roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, tower roof), Turmdach (saddle roof, saddleback roof, tower roof), kleiner Baumspanner (saddleback looper). (various references) | |
Greek | σβάρνα για σαμάρια (saddleback harrow), σβάρνα για αναχώματα (saddleback harrow), χοίρος από διασταύρωση (saddleback pig), φυλή SADDLEBACK (saddleback pig), ectropis crepuscularia (saddleback looper), boarmia crepuscularia (saddleback looper). (various references) | |
Italian | suino di razza cinta (saddleback pig), maiale di razza cinta (saddleback pig), erpice con telaio ad arco (saddleback harrow). (various references) | |
Korean | 안장모양 새. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | addlebacksay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trilhado de duas águas, gaivota (gull, mew, sea mew, seagull). (various references) | |
Romanian | curmãturã (gorge, ravine, saddle). (various references) | |
Russian | седловина (saddle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sedlasta leđa. (various references) | |
Spanish | grada para caballones (saddleback harrow), cerdo saddleback (saddleback pig), cerdo cruzado (saddleback pig). (various references) | |
Swedish | hampshiregris (saddleback pig), dubbelvågig lavmätare (saddleback looper). (various references) | |
Turkish | sırtı semer şeklindeki balık, ortası çökük tepe, çatı kalkan duvarı. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Boarmia crepuscularia, Ectropis crepuscularia. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-d-e-k-l-s" | |
-3 letters: addable, alcades, blacked, decadal, scalade, scalded, slacked. | |
-4 letters: abased, addles, akelas, alcade, backed, balded, balked, basked, blacks, bladed, blades, bleaks, cabals, cabled, cables, calesa, calked, casked, clades, daedal, decals, lacked, sacked, saddle, scaled, slaked. | |
-5 letters: aback, abase, ables, addle, akela, alack, albas, alecs, asked, baaed, baals, backs, baked, bakes, balas, balds, baled, bales, balks, balsa, basal, based, beads, beaks, becks, black, blade, blase, bleak, cabal, cable, cades, caked, cakes, calks, cased, clade, clads, daces, dadas, dales, deads, deals, decal, decks, dedal, kales, laced, laces, lacks, laded, lades, laked, lakes, lased, leads, leaks, sabed, sable, salad, scald, scale, skald, slack, slake. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 64 64 6C 65 62 61 63 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -.. -.. .-.. . -... .- -.-. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01100100 01100100 01101100 01100101 01100010 01100001 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a d d l e b a c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0064 0064 006C 0065 0062 0061 0063 006B |
| 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)53677070787168676977 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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