Stud Finder

  

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Stud Finder

Definition: Stud Finder

Stud Finder

Noun

1. A small permanent magnet in a metal container; when the magnet clicks against the container it indicates that the magnet is directly over an iron nail that holds the wallboard to a stud.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Modern Usage: Stud Finder

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Mary Lou - The Stud Finder (1990)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Stud Finder

DomainTitle

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stud Finder

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

stud finder

126

stud finder laser level

40

black decker stud finder

38

zircon stud finder

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Stud Finder

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-d-e-f-i-n-r-s-t-u"

-2 letters: durndest, intruded, intrudes, ruddiest, stridden, sturdied, unsifted.

-3 letters: defunds, distend, drifted, dunites, dustier, feudist, finders, friends, fruited, fustier, infused, infuser, insured, intrude, nutsier, redfins, refinds, refunds, snifter, studdie, studied, studier, surfeit, tinders, triunes, turdine, undrest, undried, unfired, uniters, untired, untried.

-4 letters: defund, diners, dinted, direst, driest, drifts, druids, dunite, dunted, durned, dusted, duster.

 Words containing the letters "d-d-e-f-i-n-r-s-t-u"
 

+3 letters: interdiffused.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Stud Finder


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 74 75 64      46 69 6E 64 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01110100 01110101 01100100 00100000 01000110 01101001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#116 &#117 &#100 &#32 &#70 &#105 &#110 &#100 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0074 0075 0064      0046 0069 006E 0064 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

538687702407580707184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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