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Definition: Tam-o'-shanter |
Tam-o'-shanterNoun1. A woolen cap of Scottish origin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Tam-o'-shanter \Tam`-o'-shan"ter\, noun. [So named after Tam o'Shanter, character in Burns's poem of the same name.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: Tam-o'-shanterSynonyms: tam (n), tammy (n). (additional references) |
| "Tam-o'-shanter" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Tam-o'-shanter" is used about 4 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 (proper) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "tam-o'-shanter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | beretë skoceze (Tammy). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шотландска барета. (various references) | |
Hungarian | barett (Barret, slide). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | am-o'-shantertay.(various references) | |
Russian | шотландский берет (tam). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | okrugla vunena kapa, ime junaka jedne bernsove pesme. (various references) | |
Swedish | skotsk basker med tofs (Tammy). (various references) | |
Turkish | püsküllü bere, bere (balmoral, barret, beanie, beret, bruise, contusion, flesh wound, hurt, lesion, skullcap, Tammy, wound). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mũ bêrê Ê-cốt. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "tam-o'-shanter" (pronounced 'Tam`-o'-shan"ter'): Abutter, Acater, Acquitter, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aflutter, Aglitter, Alabaster, Allotter, Amylobacter, Antitrochanter, Apporter, Atter, Auntter, Auster, Balter, Baxter, Beflatter, Begetter, Bemaster, Beplaster, Bescatter, Besetter, Bespatter, Bewinter, Blatter, Blotter, Boroughmaster, Boulter, Bunter, Buster, Canaster, Cauter, Cheirepter, Chitter, Chowter, Cinter, Circumcenter, Climacter, Clotter, Clyster, Coleopter, Colter, Committer, Complotter, Concertmeister, Coniroster, Coster, Crater, Cremaster, Culter, Cutter, daughter, Dentiroster, Diaster, Disembitter, Disimbitter, Dunter, Embetter, Enaunter, Encloister, Enfester, Enfetter, Enshelter, Ester, feuter, Flawter, Forgetter, Forster, Fouter, Frater, Fretter, Getter, Glyster, goiter, goitre, Goter, Grammaticaster, granddaughter, helter-skelter, Hemipter, Heteropter, hitter, Homopter, Horopter, Huxter, hymenopter, Imbitter, Imitater, Impester, Incenter, Incloister, Infilter, Instanter, Interchapter, Interpilaster, Intromitter, Iter, Jetter, jotter, Jowter, kelter, knitter, LAUGHTER, Lepidopter, Lester, loiter, Longiroster, Magister, mater, matter, Mesogaster, Micraster, Misalter, Misenter, Mismeter, Natter, Neuropter, Nitter, Nutter, Oleaster, Olivaster, Omitter, Orthocenter, Outflatter, Overflutter, Overmaster, Overpester, Oxter, Oyster, Paraunter, Pentecoster, Permitter, Pester, Pewter, Phenicopter, Philister, Phycomater, Phylacter, Physeter, Piaster, Pinaster, Pineaster, Poulter, Powter, Pressiroster, Protureter, Psalter, Pseudohalter, Quarter, Quartter, Quitter, Rapter, ratter, rebutter, Recenter, Recurviroster, Reiter, Remitter, Rhinaster, Rhipipter, roster, Santer, scienter, scoter, Scutter, Self-slaughter, semester, sinter, Sitter, Skelter, Slatter, slitter, Souter, Sowter, Spelter, Spilter, splatter, splitter, spotter, Strutter, Stylaster, submitter, supplanter, teeter, Tenuiroster, thereafter, thysanopter, Toscatter, totter, transmitter, Trichopter, trimester, trochanter, trotter, Twinter, Uncloister, Unfetter, Unshutter, Unsister, ureter, Verticillaster, Walter, Whetter, Xyster, Yester, Zoster. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-a-e-h-m-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: amarettos, atheromas, emanators, marathons, northeast, teratomas. | |
-4 letters: aerostat, amaretto, arnattos, atheroma, earthman, emanator, hemostat, horseman, marathon, menorahs, monstera, onstream, rhamnose, rheostat, sarmenta, stromata, teraohms, teratoma, thanatos, tonearms, torments, trashman, trashmen. | |
-5 letters: aerosat, anattos, another, anthems, anthers, arnatto, atoners, attorns, earshot, enamors, hamates, hamster, hastate, hatters, hetmans, hoarsen, hornets, maestro, mantras, martens, matrons, matters, menorah, mentors, moaners, monster, mothers, natters, notates, oarsman, oarsmen, ramenta, rattans, rattens, rattons, rotates, sarment, senator, senhora, shatter, shorten, shotten, smarten, smatter, smother, stentor, stomata, stomate, tantras, tartans, teraohm, thenars, thermos, threats, throats, thrones, toaster, tomenta, tonearm, torment, transom, treason. | |
| 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)54 61 6D 2D 6F 27 2D 73 68 61 6E 74 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101101 00101101 01101111 00100111 00101101 01110011 01101000 01100001 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a m - o ' - s h a n t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006D 002D 006F 0027 002D 0073 0068 0061 006E 0074 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)546779158191585746780867184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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