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Schnauzer

Definition: Schnauzer

Schnauzer

Noun

1. Old German breed of sturdy black or grayish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Crosswords: Schnauzer

English words defined with "schnauzer": giant schnauzerminiature schnauzerstandard schnauzer. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Schnauzer" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (schnauzer, schnauzers, walrus mustache), Italian (schnauzer).

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Modern Usage: Schnauzer

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Adventures of Captain Schnauzer (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Schnauzer

DomainTitle

Books

  • Guide to Owning a Miniature Schnauzer (Re Dog Series) (reference)

  • How to Raise and Train a Standard Schnauzer (reference)

  • Miniature Schnauzer Guide (reference)

  • Pet Owner's Guide to the Miniature Schnauzer (reference)

  • Schnauzer (Euro) 2003 Calendar (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Schnauzer

Illustrations:
Schnauzer

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Computer Images:
Schnauzer

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Photo Album: Schnauzer

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Robert R. Watson(?) or Robinson(?), kennel master at the White House, with pets of Herbert Hoover, King Tut, a Belgian police dog; Whoopie, a schnauzer; and Englehurst Gillette, a Gordon setter. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Schnauzer
 

"Schnauzer" by Ana Abreu
Commentary: "Schnauzer lying down."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Usage Frequency: Schnauzer

"Schnauzer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Schnauzer" is used about 3 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Schnauzer

Expressions using "schnauzer": giant schnauzer miniature schnauzer standard schnauzer. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Schnauzer

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

schnauzer

1,613

miniature schnauzer dog

20

miniature schnauzer

1,016

mini schnauzer puppy

20

giant schnauzer

212

miniature schnauzer white

17

mini schnauzer

138

standard schnauzer breeders

16

schnauzer rescue

134

miniature photo schnauzer

16

standard schnauzer

103

miniature schnauzer for sale

14

schnauzer puppy

101

puppy sale schnauzer

14

schnauzer dog

89

breeder miniature schnauzer

14

miniature schnauzer puppy

79

grooming miniature schnauzer

13

miniature schnauzer breeders

68

information miniature schnauzer

12

miniature schnauzer picture

61

gigante schnauzer

12

schnauzer picture

58

breeder giant schnauzer

11

miniature schnauzer rescue

51

giant schnauzer puppy

10

toy schnauzer

45

breeder schnauzer

9

schnauzer breeders

40

american club miniature schnauzer

9

miniature schnauzer puppy for sale

33

black schnauzer

9

schnauzer grooming

28

name schnauzer

9

giant schnauzer rescue

25

schnauzer wallpaper

9

schnauzer white

23

mini schnauzer rescue

9

giant schnauzer breeders

22

gift schnauzer

9

schnauzer photo

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Schnauzer

Language Translations for "schnauzer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

schnauzer (schnauzers, walrus mustache). (various references)

   

Italian

  

schnauzer. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

auzerschnay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

шнауцер. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Schnauzer

Derivations

Words beginning with "schnauzer": schnauzers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Schnauzer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: schnauser, schnauze, Schongauer, Schonhauser, schwarzer, shnauzer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Schnauzer"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "schnauzer" (pronounced shnou"zer)
3-ou" z erbrowser, houser, mouser, trouser.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Schnauzer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-n-r-s-u-z"

-1 letter: raunches.

-2 letters: ranches.

-3 letters: arches, azures, caners, casern, causer, cesura, chares, chaser, churns, cranes, crazes, encash, eschar, hances, hausen, hazers, naches, nacres, nuchae, rances, raunch, ruches, saucer, search, uncase, usance.

-4 letters: aches, acnes, acres, arcus, ashen, aures, azure, caner, canes, cares, carns, carse, cause, chare, chars, chase, churn, crane, crash, craze, cruse, crush, cures.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-n-r-s-u-z"
 

+1 letter: schnauzers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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