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Definition: After-shave |
After-shaveNoun1. A fragrant lotion for a man's face after shaving. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: After-shaveSynonym: after-shave lotion (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: aftershave (personal care & hotels, medicine), aftershave lotion (personal care & hotels, medicine). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It was dark All I can tell your for sure is that they all wore Brut after-shave and reeked of Lavoris (Breaking Away; writing credit: Steve Tesich) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "After-shave" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "After-shave" is used about 12 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) | 50% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 25% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "after-shave"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | borotválkozás utáni arcvíz. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | アフガン編み (Afghan stitch, after, aftercare, afternoon, afternoon dress, afternoon shadow, after-recording, afterservice, after-shave lotion, after-ski, warranty service). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | アフターシェーブローション (after-shave lotion). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | after-shaveay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | loção após barba (after-shave lotion). (various references) | |
Swedish | rakvatten (aftershave). (various references) | |
Turkish | after shave (after-shave lotion). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aftershave. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-f-h-r-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: feathers, hetaeras, ratafees. | |
-3 letters: aerates, aethers, afreets, fathers, feaster, feather, freshet, hafters, harvest, heaters, heavers, hefters, hetaera, ratafee, reheats, reshave, terefah, thraves. | |
-4 letters: aerate, aether, afreet, afresh, afters, aretes, arhats, averse, averts, earths, easter, eaters, ethers, everts, faster, father, feater, fester, fevers, freest, haeres, hafter, haters, havers, hearse, hearts, heater, heaver, heaves, hefter. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-f-h-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: aftershaves. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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