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Definition: Neckwear |
NeckwearNoun1. Articles of clothing worn about the neck. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "neckwear" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references) |
Crosswords: Neckwear |
| English words defined with "neckwear": cravat ♦ necktie ♦ tie. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "neckwear": HEMP. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HEMP, n. A plant from whose fibrous bark is made an article of neckwear which is frequently put on after public speaking in the open air and prevents the wearer from taking cold. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Neckwear" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Neckwear" is used about 2 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) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
neckwear | 165 |
mulberry neckwear | 6 |
man neckwear | 6 |
alynn neckwear | 6 |
custom neckwear | 5 |
english neckwear | 3 |
neckwear selini | 3 |
personalized neckwear | 2 |
gloves neckwear | 2 |
garcia jerry neckwear | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "neckwear"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kravatë (neckcloth, necktie, scarf, tie). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | яки, шалчета, връзки (intercourse, knot, relations, ties, truck). (various references) | |
Chinese | 领饰. (various references) | |
Czech | vázanky, šátky na krk, šály. (various references) | |
German | krawatten (cravats), kragen (collar, collars, frill, lower shield, plunged boss, skirt). (various references) | |
Greek | λαιμοδέτησ (cravat, four-in-hand, necktie, tie), λαιμοδεσμόσ. (various references) | |
Manx | eaddagh mwannalagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eckwearnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gravata (choker, cravat, daylight, neckerchief, necktie, scarf, tie), colarinhos, cachecóis. (various references) | |
Romanian | fulare, cravate. (various references) | |
Russian | галстуки. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mašne. (various references) | |
Spanish | corbatas (ties). (various references) | |
Swedish | halsdukar. (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องแต่งกายที่สวมคอ. (various references) | |
Turkish | boyunbağı (cravat, neckcloth, necktie, scarf, tie), boyun takıları. (various references) | |
Ukranian | краватки, комірці, галстуки. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Neckwear" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: necker, neckweed, Necpwa. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "neckwear" (pronounced ne"kwe'r) |
| 4 | -k w e' r | cookware. |
| 3 | -w e' r | anywhere, Delftware, dinnerware, earthenware, elsewhere, everywhere, eyewear, flatware, footwear, giftware, glassware, hardware, kitchenware, knitwear, nowhere, outerwear, shareware, silverware, sleepwear, software, somewhere, sportswear, stoneware, swimwear, tableware, underwear, vaporware. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-k-n-r-w" | |
-1 letter: rewaken, wakener. | |
-2 letters: canker, careen, necker, recane, rewake, weaken, weaker, weaner. | |
-3 letters: ackee, akene, caner, crake, crane, crank, creak, creek, kerne, nacre, newer, rakee, rance, ranee, renew, rewan, wacke, waken, waker, wrack, wreak, wreck. | |
-4 letters: acne, acre, akee, anew, awee, cake, cane, care, cark, carn, cere, craw, crew, earn, erne, ewer, kane, karn, keen, kern, knar, knee, knew, narc, nark, near, neck, race, rack, rake, rank, reck, reek, wack, wake, wane, ware, wark, warn, weak, wean, wear, week, ween, weer, weka, were, wren. | |
-5 letters: ace, ane, arc, are, ark, awe, awn, can, car, caw, cee, ear, eke, era, ere, ern, ewe, kae, kea, ken, nae, naw, nee, new, ran, raw, rec, ree, wae, wan, war, wee, wen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-k-n-r-w" | |
+3 letters: awestricken, kitchenware. | |
+4 letters: kitchenwares. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 63 6B 77 65 61 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . -.-. -.- .--. . .- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01100011 01101011 01110111 01100101 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e c k w e a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0063 006B 0077 0065 0061 0072 |
| 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)4871697789716784 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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