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Definition: Valance |
ValanceNoun1. A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "valance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Fine Arts | A border or similar drapery which is hung above the front curtain to conceal the flies. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ValanceSynonyms: cornice (n), pelmet (n), valance board (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Edge | Frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Valance |
| English words defined with "valance": valance board, Valanced, Valancing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "valance": SHIRRING-MACHINE OPERATOR, AUTOMATIC ♦ WOVEN-WOOD SHADE ASSEMBLER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "valance": Vallancy. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Nothing's too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance. (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; writing credit: James Warner Bellah; Willis Goldbeck) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
Consumer Goods |
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| "Valance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.26% of the time. "Valance" is used about 76 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) | 80.26% | 61 | 43,149 |
| Noun (proper) | 19.74% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 76 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "valance": valance board. 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 |
holly valance | 1,917 |
valance | 289 |
window valance | 95 |
holly nude valance | 88 |
valance pattern | 52 |
holly naked valance | 47 |
curtain valance | 33 |
make valance | 25 |
man who shot liberty valance | 24 |
holy valance | 24 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "valance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fruda (frill, froufrou, furbelow, ruffle). (various references) | |
Arabic | ستارة قصيرة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | волан около легло, балдахин над прозорец, драперия около легло, дамаска (damask). (various references) | |
Czech | záclonka. (various references) | |
Farsi | نیم پرده , لبه ویخته کلاه یاسرپوش . (various references) | |
French | lambrequin (valence). (various references) | |
German | volant (flounce), Schmuckleiste (valence), schabracke (caparison, hag, nag, pelmet, saddlecloth), querbehang, überhang (backlog, bias, overhang, overhanging rock, pelmet, surplus). (various references) | |
Greek | κουρτινάκι, κουρτίνα εισ το άνω μέροσ του παράθυρου. (various references) | |
Hebrew | וילו ית (pelmet). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kárpitszövet (tapestry, valence). (various references) | |
Italian | volant, fregio (fret, frieze, ornament, ornamental, small floral ornament, valence). (various references) | |
Manx | curtan lhiabbagh (bed curtain). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alancevay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sanefa (Valence, valency), rodapé da cama (Valence, valency), cortinado (curtain, portière, purdah, Valence, valency). (various references) | |
Russian | балдахин (baldachin, baldaquin, canopy), подзор (counter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zavesa (curtain, drape, drop curtain, pelmet, riddel), zastor (curtain, pelmet, shade). (various references) | |
Spanish | doselera, de doselera. (various references) | |
Swedish | kappa (bowl, cloak, coat, mantle, moil, wrap), gardinkappa (pelmet). (various references) | |
Turkish | yatak fırfırı, karyola eteği, kısa perde. (various references) | |
Ukranian | облямівка (bandelet, edging, hem, piping, skirting, welt), занавіска (curtain), балдахін (baldachin, canopy, dais). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trướng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "valance": valanced, valances. (additional references) | |
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"Valance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alance, avalance, Avianca, Ivalace, palanca, palance, valenced, valenki, valice, valine, Vallone, volence. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-l-n-v" | |
-1 letter: anlace. | |
-2 letters: alane, calve, canal, clave, clean, lance, naval, navel, venal. | |
-3 letters: acne, alae, alan, alec, anal, cane, cave, clan, elan, lace, lane, lava, lave, lean, leva, nave, vale, vane, veal, vela, vena. | |
-4 letters: aal, ace, ala, ale, ana, ane, ava, ave, can, cel, lac, lav, lea, lev, nae, vac, van. | |
-5 letters: aa, ae, al, an, el, en, la, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-l-n-v" | |
+1 letter: valanced, valances, valencia, valiance. | |
+2 letters: avalanche, valencias, valiances. | |
+3 letters: avalanched, avalanches, canvaslike, cavalrymen, covenantal, valiancies, vernacular. | |
+4 letters: acriflavine, ambivalence, cavaliering, evangelical, overbalance, vernaculars, vulcanisate, vulcanizate. | |
+5 letters: acriflavines, ambivalences, clairvoyance, evangelicals, excavational, galvanoscope, overbalanced, overbalances, renovascular, vernacularly, vulcanisates, vulcanizates. | |
| 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)56 61 6C 61 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- .-.. .- -. -.-. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a l a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 006C 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56677867806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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