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Definition: Spindrift |
SpindriftNoun1. Spray blown up from the surface of the sea. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: SpindriftSynonym: spoondrift (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bubble | Noun: bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Spindrift. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Spindrift" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Spindrift" is used about 14 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% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "spindrift": spindrift clouds. 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 "spindrift"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | reja të prera (spindrift clouds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пръски от пяна на вълни (spoondrift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σταγονιδιά αφρού, αφρόσ τρυκυμίασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tajtékfelhõ (spindrift clouds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dedge (accomplishment, accomplishment feat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | indriftspay stropi de spumã. (various references) перистые облака (spindrift clouds). (various references) paperjasti oblaci (spindrift clouds). (various references) rocío del mar. (various references) yrande vågskum. (various references) морська піна. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spindrift": spindrifts. (additional references) | |
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"Spindrift" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: spendrift, spindrrift. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: driftpins. | |
| Words within the letters "d-f-i-i-n-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: driftpin. | |
-2 letters: nitrids. | |
-3 letters: drifts, indris, nitrid, prints, spirit, sprint, trifid. | |
-4 letters: dints, dirts, drift, drips, dript, finds, finis, firns, first, frits, indri, intis, irids, nitid, pints, pirns, print, rifts, rinds, spirt, sprit, stirp, strip, tipis, trips. | |
-5 letters: dins, dint, dips, dipt, dirt, dits, drip, fids, find, fins, firn, firs, fist, fits, frit, inti, irid. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-f-i-i-n-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: spindrifts. | |
+3 letters: profundities. | |
+4 letters: presanctified. | |
+5 letters: fieldstripping. | |
| 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. | |
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