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Date "WALER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1888. (references) |
Note: Waler \Wal"er\, noun. [From Wales, i.e., New South Wales.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | The words -- and maler are synonymous describing a horizontal supporting timber outside the studs. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The horizontal timbers placed on the face of the plank supporting the walls of an excavation in order to hold them together, and kept in place by struts running from wall to wall. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Carrier | Beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer; racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse; ketch; Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie; garran, garron; jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding; bronco, broncho, cayuse; creature, critter; cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler; stud. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "WALER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Waler | Last name | 170 | 44,945 |
| 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 |
boston waler | 9 |
waler | 6 |
paul waler | 4 |
speers waler | 2 |
boat boston waler | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "WALER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tvaertoemmer (ranger, wale, waling, waling timber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | poikkipuu (cross-bar, cross-piece), jäykistin (ranger, wale, waling timber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | traverse de répartition (wale, waling timber), raidisseur (wale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Riegel (bar, bolt, cake, latch, strap, tab), Leitbohle (ranger, wale, waling timber), Laengstraverse (ranger, wale, waling timber), Holm (arbor), Bandbalken (ranger, wale, waling timber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαδοκίδες διανομής (ranger, wale, waling timber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sbadacchiature (ranger, wale, waling timber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alerway longarinas (ranger, wale, waling timber). (various references) larguero de entibación (ranger, wale, waling timber). (various references) hammarband (ranger, wale, waling timber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "WALER": walers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "WALER" (pronounced 'Wal"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-r-w" | |
-1 letter: earl, lear, rale, real, wale, ware, weal, wear. | |
-2 letters: ale, are, awe, awl, ear, era, lar, law, lea, raw, wae, war. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, ar, aw, el, er, la, re, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-r-w" | |
+1 letter: bawler, clawer, lawyer, prelaw, wailer, walers, walker, warble, warsle, whaler. | |
+2 letters: bawlers, becrawl, brawled, brawler, brawlie, clawers, crawled, crawler, dawdler, drawled, drawler, flawier, lawyers, leeward, renewal, rowable, trawled, trawler, trawley, wabbler, waddler, waffler, wailers, walkers, waltzer, wangler, warbled, warbler, warbles, warless, warlike, warsled, warsler, warsles, warstle, wastrel, wearily, welfare, whalers, wirable, wrangle, wrassle, wrastle. | |
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