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Meaning of "chaparral" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHAPARRAL

From Spanish, from chaparra evergreen oak.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHAPARRAL

chaparral  [ˌtʃæpəˈræl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHAPARRAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chaparral is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHAPARRAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

chaparral

Chaparral

Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the U.S. state of California and in the northern portion of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico. It is shaped by a Mediterranean climate and wildfire, featuring summer-drought tolerant plants with hard sclerophyllous evergreen leaves, as contrasted with the associated soft-leaved, drought deciduous, scrub community of Coastal sage scrub, found below the chaparral biome. Chaparral covers 5% of the state of California, and associated Mediterranean shrubland an additional 3.5%. The name comes from the Spanish word chaparro, applied to scrub oaks.

Definition of chaparral in the English dictionary

The definition of chaparral in the dictionary is a dense growth of shrubs and trees, esp evergreen oaks.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHAPARRAL


butyral
ˈbjuːtɪˌræl
falderal
ˈfældɪˌræl
neral
ˈnɪəræl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHAPARRAL

chap
chap.
chaparajos
chaparejos
chaparral cock
chaparral pea
chapati
chapatti
chapbook
chape
chapeau
chapeaux
chapel
chapel of ease
chapel of rest
chapeless
chapelries
chapelry
chaperon
chaperonage

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHAPARRAL

conferral
corral
deferral
demurral
parral
referral
saburral
the Wirral
transferral
Wirral
worral

Synonyms and antonyms of chaparral in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chaparral» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHAPARRAL

Find out the translation of chaparral to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chaparral from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chaparral» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

查帕拉尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chaparral
570 millions of speakers

English

chaparral
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चैपरल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البلوط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чапараль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chaparral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাড়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chaparral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chaparral
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chaparral
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

チャパラル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

떡갈 나무 덤불
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chaparral
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chaparral
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Chaparral
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चापरल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

chaparral
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chaparral
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chaparral
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чапараль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Chaparral
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

chaparral
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

chaparral
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

chaparral
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

chaparral
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chaparral

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHAPARRAL»

The term «chaparral» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.917 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHAPARRAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chaparral» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chaparral» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chaparral

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHAPARRAL»

Discover the use of chaparral in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chaparral and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chaparral
Defines chaparral biomes and covers where they are located as well as the plants and animals that inhabit them.
Edward R. Ricciuti, 1996
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Introduction to California Chaparral
The characteristic look of California Chaparral—a soft bluish-green blanket of vegetation gently covering the hills—is known to millions who have seen it as the backdrop in movies and television productions.
Ronald D. Quinn, Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, 2006
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Chaparral and Scrub
"Explores chaparral and scrub biomes and covers where they are located, as well as the plants and animals that inhabit them"--Provided by publisher.
Tom Warhol, 2007
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Chaparral: Can-Am Andprototype Race Cars
This book is a photohistory focusing on Chaparral from Hall's earliest days as a racer through 1970, the last year that Chaparral campaigned the Can-Am series.
Dave Friedman, 2005
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Chaparral Range War
From Dusty Richards, winner of the 2007 Spur Award for The Horse Creek Incident, comes a brand-new series about a former Texas Ranger out to enforce the law, no matter where he goes… When the Texas Legislature decided to stop paying its ...
Dusty Richards, 2013
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Chaparral
Chaparral Richard Falconer with Doug Nye Your book is a thoroughly enjoyable history of Chaparral during the sixties.
Richard Falconer, 1992
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Chaparral: Studies in the Dwarf Forests, Or Elfin-wood, of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Fred Gordon Plummer, 2011
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Ecology of insects in California chaparral
Flower-visiting insects are more abundant and more species-rich in chaparral than in any other type of California vegetation. Bees especially are abundant and diversified and are responsible for most pollination.
Don C. Force, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.), 1990
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Habitat preferences and distribution of mammals in ...
INTRODUCTION California chaparral is composed of several plant associations found from the Oregon border on the north to northern Baja California on the south, occurring from near sea level to about 3000 m (Hanes 1977, 198 1).
Ronald Dean Quinn, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.), 1990
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Moisture-retention capacity of litter under two Arizona ...
oisture-Retention. Capacity. of. Litter. Under. Two. Arizona. Chaparral. Communities. R. M. Garcia and С. P. Pasel Water-holding capacity of Pringle manzanita litter averaged 5.1 тт., and shrub live oak litter 4.8 тт., under dense, uniform ...
R. M. Garcia, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.), 1967

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHAPARRAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chaparral is used in the context of the following news items.
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Marine Products Corporation Announces Date for Second Quarter …
Marine Products Corporation (NYSE: MPX) designs, manufactures and distributes premium-branded Chaparral sterndrive pleasure boats and ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»
2
Jaspers 4th of July celebration a huge success
Everyone enjoyed a variety of music by Al White and the Chaparral Band. Their Cajun and Zydeco music had folks dancing while waiting for ... «Beaumont Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Zacks Rating on Chesapeake Energy Corporation
In January 2014, Chesapeake Energy Corp completed the sale of 100% of its ownership interest in Chaparral Energy, Inc. by Taboolaby ... «Money Flow Index, Jul 15»
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Bordow: Top Arizona high school football rivalries
Chaparral at Centennial, Oct. 9 | For years, Chaparral and Centennial engaged in a turf war for Division II supremacy. Now, their battle will ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
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Police: Man robbed and beaten
Officers said one of the suspects ran from police after he was located walking on Chaparral Street near Interstate 37, but was caught after a ... «Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Jul 15»
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Golden Horn retirement too tempting to resist for Anthony …
Of the 15 Derby winners this century before Golden Horn, six have raced on at four but only one, High Chaparral, made any significant ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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On this day: R34 Airship lands in New York after crossing from East …
... grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales; 1994 Cameron Mitchell, actor (The High Chaparral); 1998 Roy Rogers, singer and cowboy actor; ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
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TEMECULA: Assisted-living facility gains approval
The Temecula Planning Commission has approved plans for an assisted-living facility near Chaparral High School that will, in part, cater to ... «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Delhi-Dehradun highway blocked as truck crushes 2 kids
The incident occurred when five children were going to school and a speeding truck hit them from behind near Chaparral village, killing Anas (10) and Bushra ... «India Today, Jul 15»
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Burglary under investigation
... abuse order. Collin O. Jackson, 22, 155 Chaparral Drive, Florence; six counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a forged instrument. «Times Daily, Jul 15»

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