The word is in the Wiktionary

5 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• capstan n. (Nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, used to apply force to ropes…
• capstan n. (Electronics) A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• capstan n. (Scheepvaart): kaapstander, een vertikale windas/lier.

— English word, defined in French —

• capstan n. Cabestan.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• capstan s. (Marina) cabestano.

23 English words from 2 English definitions

apply cylindrical Electronics force machine mechanism move Nautical of␣a recorder recording revolves ropes rotating spindle tape tape␣recorder that the through used used␣to vertical

3 English words from 3 foreign definitions

een lier Marina

6 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

Cabestan cabestano kaapstander Scheepvaart vertikale windas

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

capstans capstanman capstanmen capstan␣screw Capstan␣Island capstan␣screws

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

jeer␣capstans

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

jeer␣capstan

26 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

APs APS cap Cap CAP caps Caps CAPs CAPS caps. pst PST sta Sta STA Sta. stan Stan 'stan -stan stan' 'Stan -Stan tan Tan TAN

24 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ats ATs ATS at's ATSP nat Nat NAT Nat. nats Nats NATs Pac PAc PAC Pac. spa Spa SpA SPA Spac SPAC tsp TSP

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

catnaps cat-naps cat␣naps

14 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

anti-caps cantraps capitans capstans captains catapans catepans Pancoast pascuant pastance paticans scanpath snapchat Snapchat

10 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ancaps an-caps captan catnap cat-nap cat␣nap NATSAP sancta TACANs tapans

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

capitan Capsian

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

captan

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