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Definition: Skimmer |
SkimmerNoun1. A rapid superficial reader. 2. A cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids. 3. A stiff straw hat with a flat crown. 4. Gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "skimmer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Personal Care & Hotels | A rather flat type of large spoon, usually with perforations, used to skim the surface of liquids. Source: European Union. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | Type of excavating shovel with a horizontal boom; used for skimming off the top soil. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemical Industry | A partly immersed block across the entry to a feeder channel. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Tool used for skimming. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A single-bucket excavator in which the bucket travels along the boom, which is kept almost horizontal during operation b. An excavator base machine equipped with jib and bucket for digging andloading from a shallow face above track level. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Skimmers Black Skimmer Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Rhynchopidae The Skimmers are a small family of tern-like birds in the order Charadriiformes, which also includes the waders, gulls and auks.
The three species have an elongated lower mandible. They feed by flying low over the water surface with the lower mandible skimming the water for small fish.
They are tropical species which lay 3-6 eggs on sandy beaches. The female incubates the eggs.
Three species:
See Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy for an alternative classification.
- Charadriiformes
- suborder Charadrii: The waders.
- '' suborder Lari
- Family Laridae (gulls)
- Family Sternidae (terns)
- Family Stercorariidae (skuas)
- Family Rhynchopidae
- Black Skimmer Rhynchops niger of inshore tropical Americas.
- African Skimmer Rhynchops flavirostris of African rivers and coasts.
- Indian Skimmer Rhynchops albicollis of large rivers in India and southeast Asia.
- suborder Alcae The auks.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Skimmer."
Synonyms: SkimmerSynonyms: boater (n), leghorn (n), sailor (n), straw hat (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Skimmer |
| English words defined with "skimmer": coastal diving bird, Cutwater ♦ Hypognatous ♦ Scissorsbill, Scummer, Shearbill ♦ Thible. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "skimmer": aerostatic-type air cushion vehicle ♦ captured air bubble cushion, cinder runner, cushion borne ♦ deluge collection pond ♦ finger skirt, fingered skirt, front-end equipment ♦ LABORER, COOK HOUSE, list pan ♦ sidewall air cushion. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "skimmer": Thible. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Skimmer" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (skimmer), Swedish (dazzle, gleam, lambency, lustre, shimmer). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | An anti-submersible skimmer. (Project A-Ko Versus Battle 1: Grey Side; writing credit: Katsuhiko Nishijima; Kazumi Shirasaka) | |
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Books | |
Consumer Goods | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The clam dredger SKIMMER II. Credit: Fisheries. |  | North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. A Black Skimmer sits atop its nest in sand along the Outer Banks. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Black Skimmer. Credit: Bob Hines. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Her broad face, covered with freckles, had the appearance of a skimmer. |
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| "Skimmer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.67% of the time. "Skimmer" is used about 43 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) | 97.67% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 43 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "skimmer": black skimmer ♦ sea skimmer. 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. |
| Language | Translations for "skimmer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lugare me bira, kapelë kashte strehëgjerë, biralije, aparat që ndan shkumë. (various references) | |
Arabic | مقشدة, مطفحة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | широкопола твърда сламена шапка, вид морска птица. (various references) | |
Chinese | 漏". (various references) | |
Czech | sbìraèka (ladle). (various references) | |
Danish | skummestok, skummeske (skimming ladle), skimming-udstyr, skimmer-fly, skimmer, vandbomber som kan tanke vand uden at lande, overfladesuger, forplov (coulter, jointer, skim coulter), den der affemmer. (various references) | |
Dutch | sleepschop (drag line), slakspaan, skimmer, schuimspaan (skimming ladle), waterhapper, voorschaar (jointer, skim coulter), tankvliegtuig met apparatuur voor bijvullen van uit een wateroppervlak, olieschepper, afvemer, aftrekker (subtrahend), afslakijzer, afschuimer. (various references) | |
Finnish | vinohammassimpukka (surf clam), vämmääjä, kuonausrauta, kuonauskauha, öljynkerääjä. (various references) | |
French | bec-en-ciseaux, écumoire (skimming ladle). (various references) | |
German | Raumkelle. (various references) | |
Greek | rhynchops flavirostris (rhynchops flavirostris), ρύγχωψ (rhynchops flavirostris), ξαφριστήρι (skimming ladle), ξαφριστής, μάκτρα Ατλαντικού (surf clam), προϋνίο (jointer, skim coulter), πυροσβεστικόν αεροσκάφος μετ'αντλίας, υδροφόρο αεροπλάνο, φτυάρι απόξεσης με κάδο, εξαφριστήρι, εξαφριστής,συσκευή skimmer, εξαφρίζων. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שחפית (tern), כף קפוי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | villámolvasó, szűrő kanál, salaklehúzó kampó, olvasmányon gyorsan átfutó, ollócsőrű madár, merítőkanál (bailer, ladle, scoop), lefölöző kanál, habszedő kanál, habszedő, gyepszínvágó, földet súroló labda, földet érintő labda, fölözőkanál, fölözőgép (creamer, separator), átlapozó. (various references) | |
Italian | spannatoia, skimmer, scrematrice (Creamer), scrematore operaio addetto alla scrematura, scrematore, scoticatore (jointer, skim coulter), schiumatoio, schiumaiola (skimming ladle), rhynchops flavirostris (rhynchops flavirostris), pala spianatrice a tazze, crematoio, becco a forbici orientale (rhynchops flavirostris), avanvomere (jointer, skim coulter), aeroplano con prelievo a sfioro,Canadair. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | '柳 (short-necked clam, trough shell), 網"子 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あおやぎ (short-necked clam, trough shell), あみじゃくし. (various references) | |
Korean | 스키머. (various references) | |
Manx | skimmeyder. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | immerskay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | raspadeira (eraser, file, rasp), escumadeira (scummer). (various references) | |
Romanian | separator de zgurã, lingurã pentru luat spuma, glisor. (various references) | |
Russian | шумовка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | skidač, šešir sa širokim obodom. (various references) | |
Spanish | espumadera (nozzle, whir, whirr, whisk). (various references) | |
Swedish | slaggraka, skumsamlare, skumjärn, hålslev, avfemmare. (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้ตัก. (various references) | |
Turkish | yarış kayığı (shell, skiff), kevgir (colander, perforated ladle, sieve), kepçe (digger, dipper, dipper dredger, ladle, scoop, shovel, soup ladle, spoon), düzleme kürekli makine. (various references) | |
Turkmen | kengir (straining spoon). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | шумівка, глісер, молочний сепаратор, жіночий капелюх. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "skimmer": skimmers. (additional references) | |
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"Skimmer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kimome, scomer, skimet, Skyrme, stimer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "skimmer" (pronounced ski"mer) |
| 3 | -i" m er | Brimmer, dimmer, excimer, glimmer, grimmer, limmer, Primmer, Rimmer, shimmer, simmer, slimmer, swimmer, trimmer. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-k-m-m-r-s" | |
-1 letter: kermis, mimers, simmer. | |
-2 letters: emirs, keirs, kiers, merks, mikes, mimer, mimes, mires, mirks, miser, rimes, siker, skier, smerk, smirk. | |
-3 letters: emir, ires, irks, keir, kier, kirs, kris, mems, merk, mike, mime, mire, mirk, mirs, mise, reis, rems, rime, rims, rise, risk, semi, sike, sire, skim. | |
-4 letters: ems, ers, ire, irk, ism, kir, mem, mim. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-k-m-m-r-s" | |
+1 letter: krimmers, skimmers. | |
+2 letters: mimickers, mismarked. | |
+3 letters: filmmakers, summerlike. | |
+4 letters: gimmickries, moviemakers. | |
+5 letters: merrymakings. | |
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