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Definitions: Gambrel |
GambrelAdjective1. (of a roof) having two slopes each side of the ridge; "a big barn with a gambrel roof". Noun1. A gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: GambrelSynonym: gambrel roof (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Angularity | Platonic bodies; cube, rhomboid; tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron; prism, pyramid; parallelopiped; curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gambrel |
| English words defined with "gambrel": Cambrel, Chambrel ♦ gambrel roof. (references) |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "gambrel" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gambrel | Last name | 1,000 | 15,510 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "gambrel": gambrel roof. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "gambrel": gambrel-roofed. | |
| 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 |
gambrel roof | 51 |
gambrel | 37 |
barn gambrel | 17 |
gambrel roof trusses | 12 |
gambrel trusses | 10 |
gambrel roof truss | 8 |
gambrel house plan | 6 |
bowed gambrel | 6 |
gambrel roof construction | 6 |
gambrel shed | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gambrel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | slagterbøjle. (various references) | |
Finnish | teurastajan koukku. (various references) | |
French | tinet. (various references) | |
German | Fleischhaken. (various references) | |
Greek | εξάρτημα ανάρτησης, οπίσθιο σκέλοσ ίππου. (various references) | |
Hungarian | síkú tető (gambrel roof), megtört síkú manzárdtető (gambrel roof), megtört (broken, gambrel roof, lack-lustre, refracted, shattered), hollandi tető (gambrel roof). (various references) | |
Italian | uncino di sospensione. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ambrelgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | chambaril (cambrel). (various references) | |
Spanish | pieza introducida en la carne para colgarla. (various references) | |
Swedish | galge (coat hanger, gallow, gallow tree, gallows, gallowtree, gibbet, hanger), krok (bend, crook, curve, fish hook, gagger, grapple, grappling iron, hanger, hitch, hook, lifter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gambrel": gambrels. (additional references) | |
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"Gambrel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gabarek, Gabre, gabrel, Gamariel, gambare, gambei, Gambela, gambreli, Gambrell, gambriel, Gammel, Gammell, Gemerek, gimbel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gambrel" (pronounced ga"mbrul) |
| 4 | -b r u l | cerebral, vertebral. |
| 3 | -r u l | amoral, ancestral, antiviral, apparel, astral, aural, auroral, austral, Balmoral, barrel, Beryl, boral, Carle, Carol, carrel, cathedral, central, choral, coral, feral, floral, goral, immoral, imperil, integral, intramural, laurel, Loral, minstrel, mistral, mitral, moral, mural, neural, neutral, nostril, octahedral, oral, orchestral, peril, plural, quarrel, rural, scoundrel, several, Sorel, Sorrel, spiral, sterile, tetrahedral, ventral, viral, virile. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gambler. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-l-m-r" | |
-1 letter: ambler, blamer, bregma, gamble, garble, lamber, malgre, marble, ramble. | |
-2 letters: abler, amber, amble, argle, bagel, baler, barge, belga, blame, blare, blear, bream, embar, gable, gambe, gamer, glare, gleam, gleba, lager, lamer, large, marge, realm, regal, regma. | |
-3 letters: able, ager, alme, bale, balm, bare, barm, beam, bear, bema, berg, berm, blae, blam, brae, brag, earl, egal, gale, gamb, game, garb, gear, germ, grab, gram, lamb, lame, lear, mabe, mage, male, mare, marl, meal, merl, rage, rale, real, ream. | |
-4 letters: age, alb, ale, arb, are, arm, bag, bal, bam, bar, beg, bel, bra, ear, elm, era, erg, gab, gae, gal, gam, gar, gel, gem, lab, lag, lam, lar, lea, leg, mae, mag, mar, meg, mel, rag, ram, reb, reg, rem. | |
-5 letters: ab, ae, ag, al, am, ar, ba, be, el, em, er, la, ma, me, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-l-m-r" | |
+1 letter: beglamor, gamblers, gambrels. | |
+2 letters: beglamors, beglamour, cablegram, embrangle. | |
+3 letters: beglamored, beglamours, cablegrams, clambering, embrangled, embrangles, phlebogram. | |
+4 letters: beclamoring, beglamoring, beglamoured, embracingly, embrangling, impregnable, impregnably, marbleising, marbleizing, phlebograms, umbrellaing. | |
+5 letters: beglamouring, descrambling, diagrammable, marriageable, programmable, reassemblage, reassembling, umbrageously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 6D 62 72 65 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- -- -... .-. . .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01101101 01100010 01110010 01100101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a m b r e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 006D 0062 0072 0065 006C |
| 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)41677968847178 |
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