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

— English words —

• skewer n. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
• skewer n. Food served on a skewer. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• skewer n. (Chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals…
• skewer v. To impale on a skewer.
• skewer v. (Chess) To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
• skewer v. (Figurative) To severely mock or discredit.
• skewer n. (Rare) That which skews something.
• skewer adj. Comparative form of skew: more skew.

— English words, defined in French —

• skewer n. Broche, brochette.
• skewer n. (Échecs) Enfilade.
• skewer v. Embrocher.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• skewer s. Espeto.
• skewer v. Espetar com um espeto.

47 English words from 8 English definitions

add aside attack attacks behind Can Chess Comparative cooking discredit during example Figurative food for form has impale less long made made␣of metal mock more moves normally piece pin Rare reveals scenario secure sense served severely skew skewer skews something That this used used␣to valuable which wood

4 English words from 5 foreign definitions

Broche brochette com Enfilade

4 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Échecs Embrocher Espetar espeto

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

skewers skewered skewerer skewerers skewering skewerable skewerings skewerlike

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

unskewered

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

quick␣release␣skewer

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

ewe Ewe EWE ewer Ewer kew Kew KEW skew wer WER

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

EKs ewe Ewe EWE rew Rew rewe

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

krewes reskew werkes Wesker

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

reskews rewakes skewers Swecker weekers Welkers Weskers wreakes

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

ekers esker Esker Eskew ewers Ewers ewres Keres krees krewe Kwere reeks reesk resew re-sew Seker sewer skeer sweer weeks Weeks Weers weres werke werks Weser Weske w**kers

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

shewer skewed Skewen Skewes spewer stewer

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

sewer skeer

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