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Definitions: Throwaway |
ThrowawayAdjective1. Thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture". 2. Intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers". Noun1. A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets. 2. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers". 3. Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ThrowawaySynonyms: cast-off(a) (adj), discarded (adj), throwaway(a) (adj), throwaway(p) (adj), thrown-away(a) (adj), bill (n), broadsheet (n), broadside (n), circular (n), flier (n), flyer (n), gamin (n), handbill (n), street arab (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Throwaway |
| Specialty definitions using "throwaway": throwaway account, throwaway prototyping, throwaway tip, throwaway wet scrubbing process. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Throwaway" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.18% of the time. "Throwaway" is used about 55 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) | 98.18% | 54 | 46,184 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.82% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "throwaway": throwaway account ♦ throwaway bottle ♦ throwaway prices ♦ throwaway prototyping ♦ throwaway tip ♦ throwaway wet scrubbing process. 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
filter throwaway | 8 |
throwaway air filter | 6 |
camera digital throwaway | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "throwaway"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | broshurë (booklet, brochure, folder, pamphlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أهمل (be negligent, default, desert, discount, disregard, forsake, go by the board, lapse, lay aside, lay by, leave out, neglect, omit, overlook, pass, pass over smth., scorn, set apart, skive, slight), بدد (burn, dally, dawdle, devour, disperse, dissipate, fool, fritter, melt, resolve, scatter, slattern, spend, spoil, squander, waste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отпадъчен (refuse, waste), отпадъци (carrion, dregs, dross, garbage, husks, junk, leavings, litter, offal, pickings, refuse, rejectamenta, rubbish, scobs, scrapings, stock, throw out, trash, waste, write-offs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pro jedno použití, nenucený (casual, easy, effortless, glib, informal, nonchalant, relaxed, spontaneous, unceremonious, unconstrained, unstudied), konzumní (consuming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vendeplatte (indexable tip, insert, throwaway tip), udforskende prototyping (exploratory prototyping, throwaway prototyping), proces uden genindvinding (nonrecovery process, throwaway wet scrubbing process). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wisselplaatje (indexable tip, insert, throwaway tip), wegwerpplaatje (indexable tip, insert, throwaway tip), relatief goedkope wegwerpscharen (relatively inexpensive throwaway shares), explorerend prototypen (exploratory prototyping, throwaway prototyping), beitelplaatje (indexable tip, insert, throwaway tip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tutkiva koerakentaminen (exploratory prototyping, throwaway prototyping), kertakäyttöisten prototyyppien kehittäminen (exploratory prototyping, throwaway prototyping), kääntöteräpala (indexable tip, insert, throwaway tip), kääntöpala (indexable tip, insert, throwaway tip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | jetable, désinvolte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wegwerfen (cast away, discard, dump, jettison, pitch out, scrap, throw away, throw out, to throw away, toss away, toss out, trash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σχετικά χαμηλής τιμής υνιά μοναδικής χρήσης (relatively inexpensive throwaway shares), επαναχρησιμοποιούμενο κοπτικό πλακίδιο (indexable tip, insert, throwaway tip), διερευνητική προτυποποίηση (exploratory prototyping, throwaway prototyping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szórólap (leaflet, throw away), reklámcédula (advertising sheet, leaflet, throw away), mellékesen odavetett, eldobható (disposable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | usa e getta (disposable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 使い捨て (disposable), 使い捨 (disposable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | つかいすて (disposable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owawaythray relhas de preço vantajoso para uma única utilização,de usar e deitar fora (relatively inexpensive throwaway shares), prototipificação tentativa (exploratory prototyping, throwaway prototyping), prototipificação exploratória (exploratory prototyping, throwaway prototyping), processo de não recuperação (nonrecovery process, throwaway wet scrubbing process), processo de lavagem húmida não recuperável (nonrecovery process, throwaway wet scrubbing process), pastilha amovível (indexable tip, insert, throwaway tip). (various references) рекламный листок (dodger, handbill), листовка (flier, fly sheet, flyer, fly-sheet, follicle, leaf, leaflet, news sheet). (various references) letak (flier, fly sheet, handbill, handout, leaflet). (various references) hacer la vista de (do). (various references) engångsartikel, engångs- (disposable). (various references) el ilanı (dodger, flier, fly sheet, handbill, leaflet, pamphlet), bildiri (announcement, asseveration, bulletin, communique, edict, manifesto, memo, memorandum, memorial, notice, notification, proclamation, report, service, writ), atılabilir (jettisonable). (various references) листівка (fly sheet, leaflet, news sheet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "throwaway": throwaways. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "throwaway" (pronounced thrō"uwā') |
| 3 | -u w ā' | breakaway, caraway, castaway, getaway, giveaway, hideaway, rockaway, runaway, straightaway. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-o-r-t-w-w-y" | |
-2 letters: towaway. | |
-3 letters: worthy, wrathy. | |
-4 letters: aorta, arhat, hoary, rayah, rhyta, rowth, thraw, throw, torah, warty, whort, worth, wrath, wroth. | |
-5 letters: ahoy, arty, away, awry, ayah, haar, hart, hoar, hora, hoya, oath, rath, rato, raya, rota, ryot, tahr, taro, thaw, thro, tora, tory, towy, tray, trow, troy, tyro, wart, wary, what, whoa, wort. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-o-r-t-w-w-y" | |
+1 letter: throwaways. | |
| 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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