Turnstone

Definition: Turnstone

Turnstone

Noun

1. Migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food.

Crosswords: Turnstone

English words defined with "turnstone": Arenaria interpres, Arenaria-Melanocephala ♦ Black turnstone ♦ Redlegs, ruddy turnstone ♦ Sand runner, Sea dotterel, Sea lark, Sea quail, Skirlcrake, Surf bird ♦ Tangle picker ♦ Whale bird. (references)

Etymologies containing "turnstone": Skirlcrake. (references)

Domain	Title
References	Turnstone Systems Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Turnstone (reference) Turnstone Space Explorer (reference) TURNSTONE SYSTEMS, INC.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference) (more book examples)
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"Turnstone" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "Turnstone" is used about 8 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)	62.5%	5	157,705
Noun (singular)	37.5%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	8	N/A

Expressions using "turnstone": Black turnstone ♦ ruddy turnstone. 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 "turnstone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		Каменар (Hewer, Knapper). (various references)

Danish		stenvender. (various references)

Dutch		steenloper. (various references)

French		tournepierre � collier, tournepierre. (various references)

German		Steinwälzer. (various references)

Greek		χαλικοκυλιστής. (various references)

Italian		voltapietre. (various references)

Manx		goblaghan, chyndaader clagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		urnstonetay

Portuguese		rôla do mar. (various references)

Spanish		vuelvepiedras. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Arenaria interpres, RM:rivarel mascrÃ . (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "turnstone": turnstones. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Turnstone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Burneston, Durnstein, Thurstone. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-n-n-o-r-s-t-t-u"
	-1 letter: neutrons.
	-2 letters: entrust, neurons, neuston, neutron, nonuser, nutters, outsert, stentor, stouten, stouter, stunner, tenours, tenutos, tonners, tonsure, touters, turnons.
	-3 letters: nestor, neuron, nonets, nonuse, noters, nutter, otters, ouster, outers, outset, rotten, rottes, rouens, routes, setout, sonnet, souter, stoner, stoure, strunt, tenons, tenors, tenour, tensor, tenuto, teston, toners, tonner, tonnes, torten, tortes, toters, touter.
	Words containing the letters "e-n-n-o-r-s-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: turnstones.
	+2 letters: tournaments.
	+3 letters: antineutrons, counterstain, encrustation, menstruation, sternutation, thunderstone, unfortunates.
	+4 letters: antineutrinos, counteragents, counterpoints, counterstains, countertenors, countertrends, denaturations, encrustations, fortunateness, interruptions, menstruations, nonstructured, renaturations, sternutations, thunderstones, ultramontanes, unconstricted, unconstructed, unpretentious.
	+5 letters: argumentations, counteractions, counterstained, counterstating, deconstructing, deconstruction, frequentations, intracutaneous, macronutrients, micronutrients, monounsaturate, neuroanatomist, neuroscientist, nondestructive, nutritiousness, overnutritions, portentousness, pretournaments, reconstituting, reconstitution, reconstructing, reconstruction, repunctuations, supercontinent, supernutrition, transcutaneous, unconstructive.
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Country	Name
USA	Turnstone Systems Incorporated
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Expression	Frequency per Day
turnstone	25
mortgage turnstone	9
ruddy turnstone	5
press turnstone	4
furniture turnstone	4
turnstone system	4
chair turnstone	2
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Turnstone

Definition: Turnstone

Turnstone

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Crosswords: Turnstone

Commercial Usage: Turnstone

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Turnstone Systems Incorporated

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