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Definition: Snow Chains |
Snow ChainsNoun1. Chains attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Snow ChainsSynonym: tire chains (n). (additional references) |
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Phyllis Diller | When I go to bed at night, I've got so much grease on my body, I wear snow chains to hold up my gown. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "snow chains"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | snekæder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sneeuwketting (non-skid chain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lumiketju. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | chaînes à neige. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schneeketten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αντιολισθητικÎÏ‚ αλυσίδες. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | catene da neve. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owsnay ainschay correntes para neve. (various references) cadenas para nieve, cadenas antideslizantes. (various references) snökedjor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-n-n-o-s-s-w" | |
-2 letters: chansons, scansion. | |
-3 letters: caisson, casinos, cassino, chanson, nasions, noncash, wanions. | |
-4 letters: anions, cahows, canons, cansos, casino, chains, chinas, chinos, conins, honans, nachos, nasion, schwas, scions, sonics, sowans, swains, wanion, whosis. | |
-5 letters: ancon, anion, cahow, cains, canon, canso, chain, chaos, chaws, chiao, chias, china, chino, chins, chows, cions, coins, conin, conns, honan, icons, nacho, nonas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6E 6F 77      43 68 61 69 6E 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01000011 01101000 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S n o w   C h a i n s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006E 006F 0077      0043 0068 0061 0069 006E 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538081892377467758085 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Spoken 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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