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Definition: Rowlock |
RowlockNoun1. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Metallurgy | A course of bricks consisting of headers laid on edge. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: RowlockSynonyms: oarlock (n), peg (n), pin (n), thole (n), tholepin (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Support | Trunnion, pivot, rowlock; peg; (pendency); tiebeam; (fastening); thole pin. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Rowlock |
| English words defined with "rowlock": Thowl, To muffle the oars. (references) |
Expression using "rowlock": rowlock arch. 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 |
rowlock | 5 |
architecture rowlock | 2 |
arch rowlock | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rowlock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | guzhmë. (various references) | |
Arabic | مسند المجذاف. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ключ за гребло. (various references) | |
Czech | vidlice na veslo. (various references) | |
Finnish | hankain (oarlock), hanka (oarlock), aironhanka. (various references) | |
French | dame de nage, assise de boutisses de champ. (various references) | |
German | ruderdolle (oarlock, thole), dolle (oarlock, thole), ausleger (boom, interpreter, jib, jig, outrigger). (various references) | |
Greek | κουπαστή (bulwark, gunwale), σκαρμόσ (tholepin). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בית משוט (oarlock, paddle box). (various references) | |
Hungarian | evezõvilla, evezővilla (oarlock, thole). (various references) | |
Italian | scalmo (oarlock), scalmiera (oarlock). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owlockray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | toleteira, forqueta (fork). (various references) | |
Russian | уключина (thole, tholepin). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rašlja. (various references) | |
Spanish | tolete (oarlock), sardinel (extruded kerb of coated materials), escálamo (poppet, thole, tholepin), chumacera (oarlock). (various references) | |
Swedish | årtull (oarlock). (various references) | |
Turkish | ıskarmoz (oarlock, snoek, thole, thole-pin). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кочет (boat-crutch, oarlock, thole, thole-pin). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cọc chèo (oar-lock, thole, thole-pin). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rowlock": rowlocks. (additional references) | |
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"Rowlock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bowcock, rimlock, rollock. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "rowlock" (pronounced 'Row"lock'): Carlock, Charlock, Daglock, deadlock, fetlock, firelock, flintlock, forelock, Gablock, gunlock, Hemlock, Lovelock, matchlock, Mullock, Oarlock, Picklock, Pollock, Shacklock, Weighlock, Willock. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-k-l-o-o-r-w" | |
-2 letters: color, crook. | |
-3 letters: cook, cool, cork, cowl, crow, kolo, lock, loco, look, rock, rook, wool, work. | |
-4 letters: col, coo, cor, cow, kor, loo, low, orc, owl, roc, row, wok, woo. | |
-5 letters: lo, or, ow, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-k-l-o-o-r-w" | |
+1 letter: rowlocks. | |
+2 letters: clockwork. | |
+3 letters: clockworks, schoolwork, scrollwork, workaholic. | |
+4 letters: schoolworks, scrollworks, workaholics. | |
+5 letters: cuckooflower. | |
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