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Snow Chains

Definition: Snow Chains

Snow Chains

Noun

1. 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 Chains

Synonym: tire chains (n). (additional references)

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Spoken Usage: Snow Chains

SpeakerPhrase(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.

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Modern Translation: Snow Chains

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 

  

αντιολισθητικές αλυσίδες. (various references)

   

Italian

  

catene da neve. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owsnay ainschay

   

Portuguese

  

correntes para neve. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cadenas para nieve, cadenas antideslizantes. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

snökedjor. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Snow Chains

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.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Snow Chains


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

53 6E 6F 77      43 68 61 69 6E 73

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

    

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

01010011 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01000011 01101000 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#110 &#111 &#119 &#32 &#67 &#104 &#97 &#105 &#110 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006E 006F 0077      0043 0068 0061 0069 006E 0073

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

538081892377467758085

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Spoken
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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