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Definition: Skirting |
SkirtingAdjective1. Being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "skirting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | In pillar extraction, it refers to a stall or roadway working a slice orlift of coal along the side of a pillar. (references) |
Personal Care & Hotels | The underframe of a cupboard, normally consisting of boards placed edgeways. The free space in front of the skirting can be denoted:toe recess. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SkirtingSynonyms: encircling(a) (adj), skirting(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Edge | Frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp. |
Adjective: border, marginal, skirting; labial, labiated, marginated. | |
Laterality | Adjective: lateral, sidelong; collateral; parietal, flanking, skirting; flanked; sideling. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Skirting |
| English words defined with "skirting": encircling ♦ skirting board. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "skirting": toeboard. (references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Rocky ledge skirting island. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Skirting" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Skirting" is used about 187 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% | 187 | 22,491 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "skirting": skirting board ♦ skirting fan convector. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "skirting": skirting-board, skirting-boards. | |
| 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 "skirting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skaj (border, bottom, corner, edge, end, extreme, extremity, rim, shank, skirt, terminal, verge), plintë (plinth), copë për fund. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حافة أو حاشية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отбягване (evasion), заобикаляне (circumvention, elusion, encirclement), перваз (baseboard, border, edge, ledge, sill, skirt, skirting board, trim, washboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 避开 (shun, Shunned, shunning, Skirted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | soklová podlažní lišta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sokkel (base, cap, footing, lamp cap, pedestal, plinth, toeboard), skabssokkel (plinth, toeboard), fodpanel (plinth, plinty, skirting board, skirting-board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | voetlijst (plinth, plinty, skirting-board), plint (plinth, plinty, skirting board, skirting-board, toeboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jalusta (base, pedestal, stand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | plinthe (skirting board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sockelleiste (baseboard, plinth, plinty, skirting-board), Sockel (base, footing, foundation, holder, Mount, mounting, pedestal, pedestals, pillar, plinth, socket, socle, supporting base), Scheuerleiste (baseboard, mopboard, skirting board), Wandleiste (baseboard), Plinthe (plinth), Fussleiste (plinth, plinty, skirting board, skirting-board), fußleiste (baseboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σουβαντιμπί τοίχου (plinth, toeboard), σουβατεπί (plinth, plinty, skirting-board), περίζωμα (girdle, tire), πασαμέντο (plinth, plinty, skirting-board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szoknyaszövet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zoccolo (base, baseboard, clog, foot, hoof, plinth, sabot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 둘러쌈 (enclosing, Inclosing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | claare chemmal (skirting board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irtingskay saia (skirt), tecido para saias, rodapé (baseboard, foot, footer, footpad, mope, skirting board), plinto (Pliocene), orla (border, brim, edge, edgy, flange, flap, frieze, fringe, hem, limb, lip, list, margin, rim, selvage, verge, welt), cercadura (setting), borda (border, brim, brink, brow, edge, edging, flap, fringe, hem, limb, Marge, margin, outsmart, rim, river bank, shore, side, skirt, verge). (various references) фартук (apron), бортик, бордюр (border), плинтус (baseboard, plinth, skirting board, washboard). (various references) postavljanje lajsni uz zid, štof za suknju. (various references) zócalo (baseboard, plinth, skirting board, socle, wainscot), plinto (plinth), borde (baseboard, border, brim, brink, canvas, edge, edging, end, flange, fringe, limitation, lip, Mount, rim, side, term, trim, verge). (various references) sockel (base, dado, pedestal, plinth, socle), skåpsockel (plinth, toeboard). (various references) sınır (border, borderland, borderline, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, butting, circumscription, compass, confine, deadline, extreme, extremity, frontier, limit, limitation, line of demarcation, March, pale, purlieu, stint, verge, watershed), kenar (border, brim, brink, brow, edge, flange, hem, lip, Marge, margin, rim, side, skirt, verge, Wale, wheal), eteklik kumaş. (various references) тканина для спідниць, кайма (band, edging, fringe, welt), облямівка (bandelet, edging, hem, piping, valance, welt), плінтус (baseboard, plinth, socle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "skirting": skirtings. (additional references) | |
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"Skirting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scarting, skirming, skiting, skriaig. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "skirting" (pronounced sker"ting) |
| 4 | -er" t i ng | alerting, asserting, averting, converting, disconcerting, diverting, exerting, flirting, hurting, inserting, perverting, reasserting, reverting, spurting, squirting, subverting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, squatting, squinting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: striking. | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-k-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: griskin, risking, skiting. | |
-2 letters: irking, kiting, rising, siring, siting, skiing, string, tiring, tsking. | |
-3 letters: ginks, girns, girts, grins, grist, grits, intis, iring, kings, kirns, knits, rings, rinks, skint, skirt, sting, stink, stirk, tikis, tings, trigs. | |
-4 letters: gink, gins, girn, girt, gist, gits, grin, grit, inks, inti, iris, irks, king, kins, kirn, kirs, kist, kits. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-k-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: skirtings. | |
+2 letters: restriking, skittering, skywriting, strickling, strikingly, turfskiing. | |
+3 letters: asterisking, misstriking, skywritings, turfskiings, waterskiing. | |
+4 letters: kickstarting, overstriking, printmakings, sidetracking, waterskiings. | |
+5 letters: freethinkings, interworkings. | |
| 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 6B 69 72 74 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.- .. .-. - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101011 01101001 01110010 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S k i r t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006B 0069 0072 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5377758486758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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