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— English words —

• crotchet n. (Music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
• crotchet n. (Obsolete) A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook.
• crotchet n. (Surgery, now chiefly historical) A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in obstetric surgery.
• crotchet n. (Archaic) A whim or a fancy.
• crotchet n. A forked support; a crotch.
• crotchet n. (Military, historical) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
• crotchet n. (Military) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly…
• crotchet n. (Printing) A square bracket.
• crotchet v. (Obsolete) to play music in measured time.
• crotchet v. Archaic form of crochet (knit by looping).

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Norman
  • crotchet n. (Jersey, punctuation) bracket.

— English words, defined in German —

• crotchet S. (Musik) Viertelnote.
• crotchet S. Obsession.
• crotchet S. Veraltet: Brosche.
• crotchet S. Ein kleiner Hacken.

— English words, defined in French —

• crotchet n. (Musique) (Royaume-Uni) Noire ; figure de note (♩) dont la valeur est égale au quart d’une ronde.
• crotchet n. (Vieilli) Caprice, fantaisie.
• crotchet n. Béquille, support en forme de fourche.
• crotchet n. (Militaire) Agencement d’un corps d’armée, vers l’avant ou vers l’arrière, de manière à former une ligne…
• crotchet n. (Typographie) Parenthèse.
• crotchet v. Faire du crochet.

65 English words from 11 English definitions

Archaic arrangement A␣sharp as␣to beat body bracket chiefly covered covered␣way crochet crook crotch curve either especially fancy forked form forward glacis historical hook indentation instrument Jersey knit line long looping measured Military music musical nearly note now Obsolete obstetric of␣a one placed play point Printing punctuation rearward resembling shape shaped sharp so␣as so␣as␣to square square␣bracket support surgery the time traverse troops used way where whim

20 English words from 10 foreign definitions

arrière avant Caprice corps crochet dont est Faire figure forme former fourche Musique note Obsession quart ronde support Uni vers

26 foreign words from 10 foreign definitions

Agencement armée Béquille Brosche de␣manière de␣manière␣à égale Ein en␣forme␣de fantaisie Hacken kleiner ligne manière Militaire Musik Noire Parenthèse Royaume Royaume-Uni Typographie une valeur Veraltet Vieilli Viertelnote

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

crotchets crotchety crotcheted crotcheteer crotchetier crotchetily crotcheting crotcheteers crotchetiest crotchet␣rest crotchetiness crotchet␣rests crotchetinesses

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

uncrotchety

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

che CHE chet Chet cro CRO crotch het HET OTC rot ROT ROTC rotche rotchet tch TCH

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

CTO ctor EHC hct Hct HCT orc Orc ORC teh Teh TEH tor Tor TOR torc T␣or␣C

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

crotchets crotchety

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

crochet Crochet rotchet

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

crotched crotches

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

crochet Crochet rotchet

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