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Synonym: Watering CanSynonym: watering pot (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Watering Can |
| Specialty definitions using "watering can": interior horticulturist ♦ LABORER, LANDSCAPE ♦ plant tender, PLANT-CARE WORKER ♦ RANGE MANAGER, range-management specialis. (references) |
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 | H.D. Pratt and Robert Walsh find Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae in watering can, S. Johns, Virgin Islands.Credit: CDC. |  | Girl in hat with watering can and circle of sweet peas.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Jupe with watering can, "Cal" with a hoe, and the sun.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
watering can | 216 |
watering can fountain | 19 |
haws watering can | 17 |
galvanized watering can | 13 |
copper watering can | 11 |
antique watering can | 11 |
plastic watering can | 9 |
metal watering can | 7 |
decorative watering can | 5 |
girl with watering can | 4 |
tin watering can | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "watering can"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vaditëse (watering pot), ujitëse (watering pot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مرش (dredger, watering place). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | градинарска лейка (watering pot), поливачка (sprinkler, watering pot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kropicí konev. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | arrosoir (watering-can). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gießkanne (watering-can). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταβρεχτήρι, ποτιστήρι (watering pot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מזלף (dropper, pipette, sprayer, sprinkler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vizeskanna (water can), öntözõkanna (watering pot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | gembor, cerek (kettle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | annaffiatoio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 如露 (sprinkling can, watering pot), 如雨露 (sprinkling can, watering pot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じょうろ (sprinkling can, watering pot), じょろ (sprinkling can, watering pot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | curn spreih. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ateringway ancay regador (water can, watering pot). (various references) лейка (sprinkling can, watering pot), бидон (can, water can, water-can, watering pot). (various references) kanta za vodu (water can). (various references) regadera (sprinkler, water can). (various references) vattenkanna (ewer, watering pot). (various references) лійка (funnel, watering pot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-i-n-n-r-t-w" | |
-2 letters: cantering, incarnate, recanting. | |
-3 letters: aerating, anearing, antiwear, argentic, carinate, catering, centring, craniate, creating, enacting, reacting, recaning, trancing, twangier, watering. | |
-4 letters: acarine, aginner, agnatic, ancient, anergia, anergic, anteing, anticar, antigen, antiwar, awaiter, cannier, cantina, canting, carinae, carnage, cartage, carting, cateran, ceratin, certain, cigaret, craning, crating, creatin, crewing, earning, engrain, entrain, gentian, granita, granite, grannie. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 74 65 72 69 6E 67 43 61 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000011 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W a t e r i n g   C a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0061 0074 0065 0072 0069 006E 0067 0043 0061 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57678671847580732376780 |
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