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Nestle

Definitions: Nestle

Nestle

Noun

1. A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace.

Verb

1. Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags".

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

Date "nestle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Synonyms: Nestle

Synonyms: cuddle (v), draw close (v), nuzzle (v), snuggle (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Nestle

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Endearment

Clasp, hug, cuddle; fold in one's arms, strain in one's arms; nestle, nuzzle; embrace, kiss, buss, smack, blow a kiss; salute; (courtesy); fold to the heart, press to the bosom.

Presence

People; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode; (be located); tenant.

Safety

Make safe, render safe; Adjective:; protect; take care of; (care); preserve; cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward; guard; (defend); secure; (restrain); entrench, intrench, fence round; (circumscribe); house, nestle, ensconce; take charge of.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: Nestle

DomainTitle

References

  • Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Nestle Deutschland AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Nestle India: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Nestle S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • NESTLE (MALAYSIA) BERHAD: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  • Nestle Toll House Best-Loved Cookies (reference)

  • Richter & Dahl Rocha Architects A Modern Move: Transforming Nestle Headquarters in Vevey (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Image Slideshow: Nestle

Illustrations:
Nestle

More images...

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Photo Album: Nestle

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

The Mand River and the small town of Konari nestle in the Zagros Mountains in western Iran.Credit: NASA.

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

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Historic Usage: Nestle

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connexions everywhere. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Nestle

TitleAuthorQuote

Through the Looking-Glass

Carroll, Lewis

Children yet, the tale to hear, Eager eye and willing ear, Lovingly shall nestle near.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Nestle

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The market leader is Nestle, producing locally the Noel, Laponia, and Frigor brands. (references)

It has 10 modern industrial parks, and it is fast turning into the top choice of manufacturers looking for destinations for large maquiladoras, including Acer, Daewoo, NEG, Mag Technologies, Mitsubishi, Sony, Kenworth, Allied Signal, LG Electronics, Nestle, Rockwell, and Black and Decker, among others. (references)

Economic History

Senegal

Swiss investment is concentrated in food processing with the active presence of the multinational Nestle. (references)

Senegal

For instance, Philip Morris manufactures products under license, as does Nestle (for some products) and Coca-Cola. (references)

Ukraine

The top ten advertisers remain international companies (Philip Morris, Reemtsma, UMC, Rothmans, Unilever, Sport Systems, Coca-Cola, Nestle, RJR, Papastratos). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Nestle

"Nestle" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 39.34% of the time. "Nestle" is used about 61 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)39.34%2471,196
Noun (proper)24.59%1590,616
Lexical Verb (infinitive)19.67%12101,599
Noun (singular)16.39%10111,207
                    Total100.00%61N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Nestle

The following table summarizes the usage of "nestle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
NestleLast name40020,062
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Nestle

CountryNameCountryName
Germany

Nestle Deutschland AG

India

Nestle India

Malaysia

Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad

Switzerland

Nestle S.A.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Nestle

Expressions using "nestle": nestle down nestle up. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "nestle": Nestle-rowntree, Nestle-rowntrees.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nestle

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

nestle

2,174

icecream.com nestle

385

nestle ice cream

116

nestle crunch

105

nestle chocolate

90

nestle usa

87

nestle water

76

canada nestle

68

nestle recipe

62

nestle toll house

46

nestle product

46

nestle toll house cookie

43

nestle purina

42

nestle candy

41

nestle company

40

nestle tollhouse

33

nestle carnation

32

nestle food

31

crunch.com nestle

30

nestle malaysia

23
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Nestle

Language Translations for "nestle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ngre fole (nest, nidificate, nidify), ngjesh në krahë, strehohem (ensconce, ensconce oneself, Harbor, harbour), shtriqem (curl up, stretch), rehatohem (be appeased, curl up, ensconce, sit back). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حضن (baby sit, bosom, clasp, cuddle, enfold, kiss, lap, nurture, stain), ‏إختبأ (burrow, hide), ‏أوى (accommodate, harbor, harbour, hard, lodge, quarter, shelter). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сгушвам, приютявам се. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

紧贴 (Cling, Clinging, Clung, Nestling), 依偎 , (near). (various references)

   

Czech

  

uvelebit se, uhnízdit se, tulit se (huddle), choulit se (cower, cringe, huddle). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

لانه کردن (Kennel), اسودن (Nubuckle, Rest), اشیان گرفتن (Nest), دراغوش کسی خوابیدن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

painautua (huddle together, press oneself). (various references)

   

French

  

se pelotonner, se nicher (nest), abriter. (various references)

   

German

  

sich schmiegen (cuddle, cuddle up, snuggle, snuggle up), sich kuscheln (cuddle, cuddle down, cuddle up, huddle down, snuggle, snuggle up), sich ducken (bob down, cower, cringe, dodge, duck, get down, to crouch), schmiegen (wrap), eingebettet liegen, anschmiegen (cling, cling to). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φωλιάζω (embosom, harbour, nest, nestle down, nuzzle, snuggle, to nest). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"תכרבל (wrap up), ל"תרפק (cuddle, hug, snuggle). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kényelmesen fekszik (to nestle, to nuzzle), fészkel (nidify, to nest, to nestle), befészkeli magát (to nestle, to snug oneself). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mendekap (see: berdekap), bersarang. (various references)

   

Italian

  

rifugiarsi (shelter, take refuge), annidarsi (hide, nest), accoccolarsi (crouch). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ネオン管 (bottleneck, drip-dry, import restriction list, Is it so?, nack chain, Nebraska, neck, neckerchief, necking, necklace, neckline, necktie, necktie pin, necrophilia, necrophobia, nector, negative, negative color, neglect, negligee, negotiation, Nelson, neon tube, nepenta, nephron, nephrosis, nepotism, Neptune, neptunium, Nescafe, -ness, nest, nest table, nesting, net, net ball, Net citizen, net in, net play, net price, net score, netball falling in, netizen, net-mask, nettopology, network, network administration, networker, networking, Nevada, Never give up!, Never happen, Never mind, next, no carbon, no-iron, permanent snowpatch, Really?, several tables inside each other, tie, wash and wear). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ネッスル . (various references)

   

Manx

  

clusaghey (nestling), clooeys. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

estlenay

   

Portuguese

  

pecúlio (estate), encostar-se, aninhar-se (couch, nest, snuggle), aconchegar-se (huddle, nuzzle, snuggle), acariciar (blandish, canoodle, caress, cherish, chuck, dandle, embosom, fawn, fondle, hug, neck, nurse, paddle, pamper, pet, stroke), abraçar (bosom, clasp, cling, cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclave, enfold, enlarge, fold, hug, inarticulate, inlaid, neck, squeeze, wind). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

se cuibãri, se adãposti (get under shelter, Harbor, harbour, shelter, take refuge), cuibãri (nest), adãposti (accommodate, billet, cherish, cultivate, defilade, embower, guard, Harbor, harbour, have, hide, hold, house, Lodge, room, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, shield, store). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ютиться. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

umiljavati se, ugnezditi, priljubiti. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hacerse un nido, estar situado (be lying, lie, locate, stand), estar protegido. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

krypa in (crawl in, creep in). (various references)

   

Thai

  

นอนคุ"คู้, สร้างรัง, อยู่ในที่กำบัง, ซบ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yerleştirmek (accommodate, deposit, domicil, domicile, draw out, embed, emplace, enchase, engraft, ensconce, entrench, establish, fix, indwell, ingraft, inject, install, lay, locate, perch, pitch, place, posit, position, post, put, put in, quarter, reset, seat, set, set up, settle, shake down, sink, site, situate, slot, spot, Square, station, Stow), yerleşmek (bed, ensconce oneself, indwell, install oneself, locate, perch oneself, root, set, settle, settle down, settle in, shake down, stable, take up one's residence), sokulmak (come close, come up, creep, draw near, edge, edge in, encroach, infiltrate, nuzzle, penetrate, put oneself forward, sidle, sidle up to, snuggle, worm one's way, wriggle oneself into), sığınmak (defect, fall back upon a thing, Harbor, harbour, refuge, take refuge in, take sanctuary, take shelter in, take to, turn to), barındırmak (Harbor, harbour, hold, house, hut, keep back, shelter), bağrına basmak (canoodle, cherish, embrace). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

угніздитися, ховатися (abscond, burrow, hide, hide away, hide out, hide up, lurk, nest, shelter oneself, shroud, skulk, take cover), тулитися (cabin, nest), гніздитися (nest), вити гніздо (nest, nidificate), зручно влаштуватися (nuzzle), притулятися (lean), пригортатися, давати притулок (accommodate, bield, refuge, roof). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

nythu (nest). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Nestle

Derivations

Words beginning with "nestle": nestled, nestler, nestlers, nestles. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Nestle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Naste, Neslo, nessle, Nessler, Nestel, Nestl, nestler, netel, netl, Netlib, netze, Netzler, Neuste, neutle, newstel, Newtie, nossle, nusselt, nussle, westlb. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Nestle"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "nestle" (pronounced ne"sul or ne"slē")
4-e" s u lTressel, trestle, vessel, wrestle.
3-s u lantimissile, apostle, Axel, axle, basal, brasil, bristle, bustle, cancel, capsule, Castle, colossal, consul, council, counsel, diesel, dismissal, dispersal, docile, dorsal, epistle, facile, fissile, fossil, gracile, gristle, Hansel, Hassel, hassle, housel, hustle, imbecile, jostle, microfossil, missal, missel, missile, morsel, mucosal, muscle, mussel, parcel, Passel, pencil, pixel, Proconsul, rehearsal, reversal, rustle, stencil, tassel, Tattersall, tensile, Tercel, Thistle, tinsel, tonsil, tussle, universal, unsell, utensil, vassal, whistle.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Nestle

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-l-n-s-t"

-1 letter: leets, lenes, lense, sente, sleet, steel, stele, teels, teens, teles, tense.

-2 letters: eels, else, lees, leet, lens, lent, lest, lets, nest, nets, seel, seen, sene, sent, teel, teen, tees, tele, tels, tens.

-3 letters: eel, els, ens, lee, let, nee, net, see, sel, sen, set, tee, tel, ten.

-4 letters: el, en, es, et, ne.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-l-n-s-t"
 

+1 letter: eluents, gentles, lateens, leanest, lisente, nestled, nestler, nestles, netless, nettles, relents, setline, stelene, telnets, tensely, tensile, unsteel.

 

+2 letters: centiles, cleanest, elements, enlisted, enlistee, enlister, entellus, entitles, entresol, esculent, eternals, felstone, gentiles, gentlest, kanteles, lateness, lecterns, lenities, listened, listener, lunettes, neglects, nestable, nestlers, nestlike, nettlers, noteless, penlites, plenties, reenlist, selenate, selenite, sentinel, setlines, silenter, skeleton, sklented, sleeting, snellest, steeling, stilbene, talesmen, telerans, tensible, tentless, theelins, tinseled, toluenes, toneless, tuneless, unsettle, unsteels, veinlets, ventless.

 

+3 letters: alertness, alienates, anetholes, anglesite, antelopes, antisleep, beltlines, betelnuts, bluestone, butylenes, centuples, datelines, deletions, denticles, earnestly, effluents, elaterins, elections, electrons, elephants, elevenths, elongates, enamelist, endosteal, endostyle, endplates, enlistees, enlisters, entailers, entangles, entresols, esculents, essential, ethylenes, eventless, exhalents, extensile, externals, felstones, fenestral, fleetness, fleshment, galenites, gelatines, gestalten, glistened, goldenest, greenlets, ilmenites, insectile, intensely, jetliners, lamenters, lancelets, lannerets, lateeners, latencies, lengthens, lenitives, lenticels, levanters, limestone, listeners, litheness, lodestone, loneliest, mantelets, melanites, melinites, milestone, monostele, natheless, nearliest, nettliest, novelties, nucleates, panetelas, penalties, pentacles, pestilent, petronels, phenetols, plenteous, presently, reenlists, resentful, resilient, resolvent, rondelets, scentless, segmental, selecting, selection, selectman, selectmen, selenates, selenites, sensately, sentinels, silentest, skeletons, solemnest, splendent, splenetic, stablemen, staleness, stenciled, stenciler, stilbenes, streeling, sullenest, tapelines, teaseling, telamones, telethons, tenailles, tentacles, timelines, tinselled, treelawns, treenails, tunnelers, underlets, unsettled, unsettles, unsteeled, unsterile, veinulets, weldments.

 

+4 letters: accentless, acetylenes, adolescent, alinements, alternates, anglesites, antennules, anthelices, anthelixes, antielites, belemnites, bluestones, calentures, celebrants, centerless, centesimal, centralest, centralise, centrioles, cleanliest, clientages, clienteles, clientless, coalescent, delineates, demulcents, depletions, desalinate, devilments, diluteness, diplotenes, disentitle, edentulous, eglantines, elatedness, elementals, elevations, eliminates, elopements, emblements, emollients, emoluments, enamelists, endostyles, enlightens, enlistment, enrolments, entanglers, entelluses, enthalpies, enucleates, essentials, esuriently, evangelist, extensible, extolments, exultances, felinities, fieldstone, flatnesses, flatteners, fleshments, florescent, futileness, gantelopes, gelignites, generalist, genteelest, genteelism, gentilesse, gentleness, genuflects, greenbelts, implements, ingestible, intellects, interfiles, interlaces, interlends, interlines, interlopes, interludes, intervales, investable, kentledges, latenesses, leistering, lemniscate, lengthiest, lengthwise, lenticules, lentigines, leptotenes, letterings, libertines, lienteries, lighteners, limestones, lineaments, linecaster, linoleates, liquescent, listenable, littleness, lobstermen, lodestones, lodgements, lorgnettes, lostnesses, luteinizes, mesnalties, metheglins, methylenes, milestones, monosteles, multisense, nameplates, neglecters, neorealist, nephelites, nettlesome, neutralise, newsletter, novelettes, oblateness, olivenites, opalescent, ostensible, parentless, penalities, pentangles, pestilence, petulances, phenolates, placements, plasticene, pleasanter, plenitudes, pointelles, politeness, polytenies, polythenes, prevalents, princelets, queenliest, ravelments, rectangles, reenlisted, reinflates, relentless, repellants, repellents, repletions, resemblant, resettling, resmelting, resolvents, retellings, saltnesses, selections, selectness, senilities, sensiblest, sentential, sentiently, sentineled, septennial, sequential, settlement, sheltering, silentness, singletree, skeletonic, skeltering, slenderest, solacement, solonetses, solonetzes, spleeniest, spleenwort, splenetics, splintered, stableness, steeliness, stencilers, stencilled, stenciller, stoneflies, streamline, subtleness, supplement, svelteness, sweltering, tailenders, talentless, tallnesses, teaselling, telegonies, teleostean, telephones, televising, television, tenantless, terpineols, timeliness, tolerances, tonelessly, tongueless, tunelessly, ultradense, uncleanest, unclearest, unmolested, unselected, unsteeling, untestable, valentines, velveteens, venalities, ventilates, ventricles, vestmental, volunteers, waterlines, wulfenites.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Nestle


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

4E 65 73 74 6C 65

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    .    ...    -    .-..    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01001110 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#101 &#115 &#116 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0065 0073 0074 006C 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

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

487185867871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Names: Company Usage
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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