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Definition: Voussoir |
VoussoirNoun1. Wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Voussoir |
| English words defined with "voussoir": Arch stone. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "voussoir": ring stone. (references) |
| 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 |
voussoir | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "voussoir"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | slutsten (arch stone), midtsten (arch stone), hvælvingssten (arch stone), buesten (arch stone). (various references) | |
Dutch | gewelfsteen (arch stone). (various references) | |
Finnish | holvitiili (arch stone), holvikivi (arch stone). (various references) | |
French | voussoir. (various references) | |
German | Schlussstein (arch stone, keystone), Gewölbstein (arch stone). (various references) | |
Greek | θολόλιθος (arch stone). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tetőkő (centre voussoir of arch). (various references) | |
Manx | clagh ogheragh (arch stone). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oussoirvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aduela (stave). (various references) | |
Spanish | dovela (quoin). (various references) | |
Swedish | valvsten (arch stone), kilsten (arch stone). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "voussoir": voussoirs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-o-o-r-s-s-u-v" | |
-2 letters: visors. | |
-3 letters: risus, sorus, sours, virus, visor. | |
-4 letters: ours, sirs, sori, sour, sous, sris. | |
-5 letters: ors, our, sir, sis, sos, sou, sri, vis. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o-o-r-s-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: virtuosos, voussoirs. | |
+3 letters: overserious, piscivorous. | |
+4 letters: polioviruses, vigorousness. | |
+5 letters: avoirdupoises, frivolousness, insectivorous, overconscious, overdiscounts, overfocussing, overnourishes, overseriously, supervirtuoso, voraciousness. | |
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