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Date "TOP-HAT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Metallurgy | The box-hat is formed by a decrease in the ebullition of gas after teeming has ceased. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TOP-HAT |
| Specialty definitions using "TOP-HAT": silk-top-hat-body maker ♦ TOP-HAT-BODY MAKER. (references) |
| "TOP-HAT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "TOP-HAT" is used about 5 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) | 60% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "TOP-HAT": top-hat-and-tailed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TOP-HAT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dannelse af en kasseformet hulhed (boot-leg, box-hats ingots, receding metal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tige de botte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kastenfoermige Vertiefung (boot-leg, box-hats ingots, receding metal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πλινθώματα με κυλινδρικό καπέλλο (boot-leg, box-hats ingots, receding metal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyulat varázsol elő a cilinderből (to conjure a rabbit out of a top-hat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scatola (box, can, canister, case, chest, tin), ritiro (evacuation, haunt, recession, reclamation, retirement, retreat, seclusion, takingback, withdrawal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | op-hattay metal de reenvio (boot-leg, box-hats ingots, receding metal). (various references) caja de llenado (boot-leg, box-hats ingots, receding metal). (various references) cylinderhatt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-o-p-t-t" | |
-2 letters: atop, oath, opah, path, phat, phot, that, toph. | |
-3 letters: apt, att, hao, hap, hat, hop, hot, oat, opt, pah, pat, pht, poh, pot, tao, tap, tat, tho, top, tot. | |
-4 letters: ah, at, ha, ho, oh, op, pa, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-o-p-t-t" | |
+1 letter: towpath. | |
+2 letters: footpath, postheat, potlatch, thiotepa, towpaths. | |
+3 letters: autotroph, footpaths, haphtarot, mouthpart, osteopath, photostat, posthaste, postheats, stopwatch, thiotepas. | |
+4 letters: autotrophs, autotrophy, cytopathic, haphtaroth, hepatocyte, hepatomata, hypostatic, hypotactic, mouthparts, naturopath, orthoptera, osteopaths, osteopathy, pentathlon, photostats, phototaxes, phototaxis, posthastes, potlatched, potlatches, thiopental, toothpaste, tryptophan. | |
+5 letters: antistrophe, antityphoid, arthropathy, autotrophic, catastrophe, enteropathy, gametophyte, hepatectomy, hepatocytes, hepatotoxic, hospitality, hypostatize, hypothecate, naturopaths, naturopathy, orthopteran, osteopathic, pathologist, pentathlons, phonotactic, photostated, photostatic, phototactic, postharvest, potlatching, protopathic, retinopathy, snapshotted, stephanotis, stopwatches, taphonomist, thallophyte, thiopentals, toothpastes, trapshooter, trophoblast, tryptophane, tryptophans. | |
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