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

— English words —

• shoestring n. (Chiefly US) The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace.
• shoestring n. (Figuratively, often attributively).
• shoestring adj. (US, chiefly American football, baseball) Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player’s shoes.
• shoestring v. (Transitive, American football) To tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle (“one made near the ground…
• shoestring v. (Transitive, baseball) To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close…

— English words, defined in French —

• shoestring n. (Habillement) Lacet.
• shoestring n. (Cuisine) Julienne, découpe longue et étroite de légumes.

35 English words from 5 English definitions

American American␣football attributively ball baseball catch chiefly close close␣to Figuratively foot football ground lace made near Of␣a often one player secure shoe shoelace shoes shoestring shoestring␣catch shoestring␣tackle string tackle the to␣the Transitive used used␣to using

2 English words from 2 foreign definitions

Cuisine Julienne

6 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

découpe étroite Habillement Lacet légumes longue

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

shoestrings shoestringed shoestringing shoestring␣catch shoestring␣tackle shoestring␣catches shoestring␣tackles

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

on␣a␣shoestring devil's␣shoestring

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

est Est EST -est est. Est. estr- -estr- estrin Estrin hoe Hoe hoes Hoes ing -ing -ïng oes OES OES. oestri œstri oestrin rin ring Ring sho Sho SHO sho' shoe Shoe shoes Shoes str STR str. string tri Tri TRI tri- Tring

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

GNI Irt IRT NIR N.␣Ir. ohs OHs OHS rts RTs RTS Seo SEO tse Tse TSE

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

bestshoring chiongsters Gershonites growthiness hotpressing orthogneiss reshootings right-onness shitmongers shoestrings shortenings smotherings theorisings theragnosis

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

gothiness histogens otherings rehosting retossing rightness strongish

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