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— English words —

• herringbone n. A bone of a herring.
• herringbone n. A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing.
• herringbone n. (Skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
• herringbone n. Twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines.
• herringbone v. To stitch in a herringbone pattern.
• herringbone v. (Skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
• herring-bone n. Alternative form of herringbone.

— English word, defined in French —

• herringbone n. (Ski alpin) Montée en canard.

37 English words from 7 English definitions

Alternative backwards bone bricks climb climbing cloth especially fabric form from herring herringbone hill keep keep␣from lines made method of␣a outward parallel pattern pointing rows sewing shape Skiing skis sliding sloping stitch stitches the Twilled woven zigzag

2 English words from the foreign definition

canard Ski

4 foreign words from the foreign definition

alpin Montée Montée␣en␣canard Ski␣alpin

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

herringboned herringbones herring-bones herringbone␣gear herringbone␣gears

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

Bon BON Bön bone Bone Bône err Err. erring her Her Herr herring Herring ing -ing -ïng NGB one -one rin ring Ring ringbone ring-bone

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

eno- GNI Irr IRR NIR N.␣Ir. nob Nob reh

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

herringboned herringbones herring-bones

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Boehringer

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