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PRONUNCIATION OF CROTTLE

crottle  [ˈkrɒtəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CROTTLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crottle 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 CROTTLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

crottle

Lichen

A lichen is a composite organism consisting of a fungus and a photosynthetic partner growing together in a symbiotic relationship. The photobiont is usually either a green alga or cyanobacterium. The morphology, physiology and biochemistry of lichens are very different from those of the isolated fungus and alga in culture. Lichens occur in some of the most extreme environments on Earth—arctic tundra, hot deserts, rocky coasts, and toxic slag heaps. However, they are also abundant as epiphytes on leaves and branches in rain forests and temperate woodland, on bare rock, including walls and gravestones, and on exposed soil surfaces in otherwise mesic habitats. The roofs of many buildings have lichens growing on them. Lichens are widespread and may be long-lived; however, many are also vulnerable to environmental disturbance, and may be useful to scientists in assessing the effects of air pollution, ozone depletion, and metal contamination. Lichens have been used in making dyes and perfumes, as well as in traditional medicines. It is estimated that 6% of Earth's land surface is covered by lichen. In Scotland, the dye-producing lichens are known as crottle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CROTTLE


aristotle
ˈærɪˌstɒtəl
axolotl
ˈæksəˌlɒtəl
bluebottle
ˈbluːˌbɒtəl
bottle
ˈbɒtəl
crotal
ˈkrɒtəl
dicotyl
daɪˈkɒtəl
dottel
ˈdɒtəl
dottle
ˈdɒtəl
epiglottal
ˌepɪˈɡlɒtəl
glottal
ˈɡlɒtəl
greenbottle
ˈɡriːnˌbɒtəl
mottle
ˈmɒtəl
polyglottal
ˌpɒlɪˈɡlɒtəl
pottle
ˈpɒtəl
rotl
ˈrɒtəl
shottle
ˈʃɒtəl
throttle
ˈθrɒtəl
unbottle
ʌnˈbɒtəl
wattle
ˈwɒtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CROTTLE

crotal
crotalaria
crotaline
crotalism
crotalum
crotch
crotched
crotchet
crotcheteer
crotchetiness
crotchety
croton
Croton bug
croton oil
Crotone
crotonic acid
crouch
croup
croupade
croupe

WORDS THAT END LIKE CROTTLE

beer bottle
brandy bottle
expansion bottle
feeding bottle
full bottle
half-bottle
hot-water bottle
ink bottle
Klein bottle
little
magnetic bottle
medicine bottle
milk bottle
nursing bottle
oxygen bottle
pill bottle
scent bottle
squeeze bottle
the bottle
vacuum bottle
water bottle

Synonyms and antonyms of crottle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crottle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CROTTLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

crottle
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crottle
570 millions of speakers

English

crottle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

crottle
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

crottle
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

crottle
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crottle
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

crottle
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crottle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Crottle
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

crottle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

crottle
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

crottle
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crottle
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

crottle
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

crottle
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुट्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

crottle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crottle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

crottle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

crottle
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crottle
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

crottle
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

crottle
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

crottle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

crottle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crottle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CROTTLE»

The term «crottle» is normally little used and occupies the 142.096 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CROTTLE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROTTLE»

Discover the use of crottle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crottle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book
Strictly speaking, "crottle" is the correct term not for dyes, but for two specific lichens, Parmelia omphalodes and Parmelia saxatilis (Casselman 1994b). Some say "crotal" is the Irish Gaelic spelling, but even on this technicality, there is little ...
Karen Diadick Casselman, Karen Leigh Casselman, 2001
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Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ...
The articles of clothing so dyed are disposed of by barter to the merchants * The term "Crottle" or " Crotal" is also applicable generically to dye -lichens. With various descriptive prefixes, it has been, or is, applied in different parts of the United ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting, 1868
3
Textile Chemicals: Environmental Data and Facts
... crottle Orcin •Component in Rocella phycopsis "Rock thipe "Component in Dark crottle Alranorin "Trace component in Common Wall Lichen "Component in Pertusaria dealbescens "Component in Cudbear Lichen •Component in Dark crottle ...
Katia Lacasse, Werner Baumann, 2004
4
Irish Trout and Salmon Flies
An amber may be made with red, and finished with yellow dye; the first with stone crottle or madder, and finish with turmeric bark; the yellow with alum water. All fishing colours should be dyed yellow first with alum and crystal of tartar, but claret ...
E.J. Malone, 1999
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Report of the ... Meeting
The articles of clothing so dyed are disposed of hy barter to the merchants * The term " Crottle " or " Crotal " is ulso applicable generically to dye -lichens. With various descriptive preflios, it has been, or is, applied in different parts of the United ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1868
6
Jade Rooster
Hobson had been warned, however, that Warrant Officer Crottle was not a man to be crossed, and to give him a wide berth. As a warrant, Mr. Crottle experienced a limbo-like social status; no longer enlisted, yet not quite a commissioned officer ...
R. L. Crossland, 2009
7
Report of the Annual Meeting
P. physodes = dark crottle. P. capcrata = stone crottle. Ijccanora tartarea = (par excellence) crottle. L. paretta = light crottle. Tsidium eoralJinum = white crottlo. Slicta pulmonaeea = hazel crottle. Vide the author's work on ' British Lichens ' ( 1850) ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting, 1868
8
Dictionary of Prince Edward Island English
crouper made dyes which were made from crottle and barks gathered from the woods. Crottle is a fungus that grows on rock maple trees and produces a fawn shade (ALEXANDRA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, A Short History of the District of ...
T. K. Pratt, 1996
9
Plants of British Columbia: Scientific and Common Names of ...
crisp starwort = Sii- I Lu ci crispa (V:D) crocus, prairie — » prairie crocus crottle = Parmelia saxatilis (L) crottle, black — » black crottle crottle, dark —» dark crottle crowberry = Empetrum nigrum (V:D) crowfoot, bristly — » bristly crowfoot ...
Hong Qian, K. Klinka, 1998
10
Journal of Botany, British and Foreign
The result was the discovery that " Crottle " is universally known and used throughout the Long Island, even in and around Stornoway, a large and much frequented seaport, which is one of the chief centres of the herring fishery in Scotland, ...

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROTTLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crottle is used in the context of the following news items.
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The word-hoard: Robert Macfarlane on rewilding our language of …
These islands, I now know, have scores of terms for animal dung, most of which double up nicely as insults, from crottle (a foresters' term for ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
2
'Harris Tweed': The Story of the Greatest Cloth, From Land to Street
Known for its distinctive flecks of color and peculiar scent, produced by the lichen dyes known as "crottle," Harris Tweed is as much a material ... «The Atlantic, Nov 11»
3
Harris Tweed: A Classic Blend
... including some made from lichen, which are called crottle. Their use gave older Harris Tweeds a musty smell that never seemed to diminish. «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Jan 11»

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