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Definition: Thyme |
ThymeNoun1. Any of various mints of the genus Thymus. 2. Leaves can be used as seasoning for almost any meat and stews and stuffings and vegetables. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "thyme" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Thyme \Thyme\ (t[imac]m), noun. [from Old English expression tyme, from Latin expression thymum, Greek qy`mon, qy`mos; compare to qy`ein, to sacrifice, qy`os sacrifice, offering, incense: compare to the French expression thym; -- perhaps so named because of its sweet smell. Compare to Fume, noun.]. (references) |
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Botanical | The black pulp of the fruit is said to be eaten in Ghana. The poisonous seeds are used in necklaces. If chewed they tend to act as an anesthetic. The wood is used as a fish poison. Cotton soaked in the latex is used to aid toothache. The bark is emetic, febrifugal, and purgative. Thevetia nitida, Colombia's tomate del diablo, is also said to have an edible fruit. This may be the campanillo used as a narcotic by the Choco. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Any herb or shrub of the genus Thymus with aromatic leaves, especially Thymus vulgaris grown for culinary use. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a very commonly used culinary herb. It is a Mediterranean perennial. Varieties include
Woolly thyme and creeping thyme are not culinary herbs but are attractive ground covers.
- English thyme, the most commonly used variety
- French thyme, similar to English thyme
- Citrus thymes
- Lemon
- Lime
- Orange balsam
- Caraway thyme
Classification: Thyme is a member of the mint family, Lamiaceae.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Thyme."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Condiment | Pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram. |
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Crosswords: Thyme |
| English words defined with "thyme": Anacharis ♦ bourguignon, bourguignon sauce, Burgundy sauce ♦ family Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Field basil ♦ genus Thymus ♦ Labiatae, Lamiaceae ♦ mint family, Mother-of-thyme ♦ Satureia montana, Satureja montana, Serpolet, Suffruticose ♦ Thymene, Thymic, Thymus, Thymy ♦ winter savory. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "thyme": Fagots. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "thyme": Fume. (references) |
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Clever | I tried to be a chef--figured it would add a little spice to my life, but I just didn't have the thyme. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Justin Thyme (1964) | |
Song Titles | Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (performing artist: Pentangle) | |
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| "Creeping thyme" by Shonna Clark Commentary: "A plant in my rock garden." |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | For having drunk in early morn, dew and thyme, two sparrows were in a fuddle |
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| "Thyme" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.36% of the time. "Thyme" is used about 157 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) | 99.36% | 156 | 25,144 |
| Noun (common) | 0.64% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 157 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "thyme": Basil thyme ♦ Cat thyme ♦ common thyme ♦ creeping thyme ♦ mother of thyme ♦ thyme camphor ♦ water thyme ♦ wild thyme. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "thyme": thyme-covered, thyme-leaved sandwort, thyme-leaved speedwell, thyme-scented. | |
Ending with "thyme": Mother-of-thyme. | |
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| 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 "thyme"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | trumzë (Savory), lisën. (various references) | |
Arabic | نبات الزعتر, الصعتر نبات. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мащерка, бабина душица. (various references) | |
Chinese | 麝香草. (various references) | |
Czech | tymián, mateřídouška. (various references) | |
Danish | timian. (various references) | |
Dutch | tijm. (various references) | |
Farsi | صعتر. (various references) | |
Finnish | timjami, ajuruoho. (various references) | |
French | thym. (various references) | |
German | Thymian. (various references) | |
Greek | θυμάρι (savory, summer savory). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kakukkfű. (various references) | |
Italian | timo (thymus). (various references) | |
Manx | teim. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ymethay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tomilho. (various references) | |
Romanian | cimbru (Savory). (various references) | |
Russian | чабрец, тимьян. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | majčina dušica. (various references) | |
Spanish | tomillo. (various references) | |
Swedish | timjan. (various references) | |
Turkish | kekik. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чебрець. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | puleglum, Thymus, THYMUS VULGARIS, Thymus vulgaris l, Thymus vulgaris linnaeus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "thyme": thymectomies, thymectomize, thymectomized, thymectomizes, thymectomizing, thymectomy, thymes, thymey. (additional references) | |
Words containing "thyme": bathymetric, bathymetrical, bathymetrically, bathymetries, bathymetry, enthymeme, enthymemes. (additional references) | |
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"Thyme" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Athlyne, ethyne, hyme, khymer, Ohime, phywe, shyme, thame, thaye, thiem, thieme, thim, Thiman, Thimon, thize, thome, thume, thye, Thyer, thym, thymi, thymy, thyne, thynge, Thyre, thyze, toyme, tyhme, Tyma, tyme, Tymen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "thyme" (pronounced thī"m) |
| 2 | -ī" m | anticrime, mime, onetime, prime, chime, climb, crime, dime, grime, lime, rhyme, slime, sublime, time. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-m-t-y" | |
-1 letter: hyte, meth, myth, them, they. | |
-2 letters: eth, hem, het, hey, met, the, thy, tye, yeh, yet. | |
-3 letters: eh, em, et, he, hm, me, my, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-m-t-y" | |
+1 letter: methyl, thymes, thymey. | |
+2 letters: ecthyma, empathy, methoxy, methyls, mothery, mythier, nymphet, thymier, thymine. | |
+3 letters: amethyst, bimethyl, dimethyl, erythema, eurythmy, hemocyte, hermitry, homestay, methoxyl, methylal, methylic, motherly, mythiest, nymphets, smithery, smothery, theonomy, thymiest, thymines, thymuses, yachtmen. | |
+4 letters: amethysts, bimethyls, champerty, chemistry, diathermy, dimethyls, ecthymata, enthymeme, erythemas, erythrism, eurhythmy, eurythmic, hemelytra, hemocytes, hemolytic, heteronym, homestays, hypostome, mesophyte, methylals, methylase, methylate, methylene, mythicize, mythmaker, nymphette, pyrethrum, rhymester, rhythmize, rhytidome, shantymen, thermally, thymidine, thymocyte, yachtsmen. | |
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