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Definition: Matchboard |
MatchboardNoun1. A board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "matchboard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building & Civil Engineering | Boards laid side by side, and shaped with mouldings or rebates on each edge so that the straight tongue on one, fits (matches) the groove on the other. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A tongued-and-grooved natural board with V-or beaded edges to accommodate shrinkage. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Matchboard" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "Matchboard" is used about 13 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) | 92.31% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (common) | 7.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "matchboard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | талпа (plank), шпунтова дъска. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atchboardmay daska za brodski pod. (various references) spontad bräda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "matchboard": matchboards. (additional references) | |
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"Matchboard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hatchboard. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-h-m-o-r-t" | |
-2 letters: achromat, trachoma. | |
-3 letters: abroach, acrobat, drachma, marcato, matador, rhabdom. | |
-4 letters: abator, aboard, abroad, amtrac, brahma, broach, chadar, chador, chroma, combat, crambo, datcha, dharma, drachm, rabato, tabard, tambac, tarmac, tombac. | |
-5 letters: abhor, abmho, abohm, aboma, abort, actor, amort, aorta, arhat, aroma, batch, board, boart, botch, brach, bract, broad, broth, carat, carbo, carob, carom, chard, charm. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-d-h-m-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: matchboards. | |
+5 letters: dithiocarbamate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 74 63 68 62 6F 61 72 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- - -.-. .... -... --- .- .-. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110100 01100011 01101000 01100010 01101111 01100001 01110010 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a t c h b o a r d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0074 0063 0068 0062 006F 0061 0072 0064 |
| 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)47678669746881678470 |
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