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PRONUNCIATION OF ELEPHANT FOOT

elephant foot  [ˈelɪfənt fʊt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELEPHANT FOOT

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Elephant foot 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 ELEPHANT FOOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Elephant's foot

Elephant's foot may refer to: Plants: ▪ Adenia pechuelii, genus AdeniaBeaucarnea recurvataDioscorea elephantipesElephantopus species, family Asteraceae Other: ▪ Elephant's foot, geometrical design typical of Turkmen rugs ▪ Elephant's foot, Chernobyl formation of corium ▪ Elephant's foot, a half bag, known in the French as pied d'éléphant, and one form known as a bivvy bag ▪ The foot of an elephant. ▪ A type of step stool with concealed spring-loaded castors allowing the step to be easily moved...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELEPHANT FOOT


afoot
əˈfʊt
barefoot
ˈbɛəˌfʊt
bigfoot
ˈbɪɡˌfʊt
bird-foot
ˈbɜːdˌfʊt
Blackfoot
ˈblækˌfʊt
coltsfoot
ˈkəʊltsˌfʊt
crowfoot
ˈkrəʊˌfʊt
flatfoot
ˈflætˌfʊt
foot
fʊt
forefoot
ˈfɔːˌfʊt
goosefoot
ˈɡuːsˌfʊt
hindfoot
ˈhaɪndˌfʊt
hotfoot
ˈhɒtˌfʊt
Lightfoot
ˈlaɪtfʊt
pussyfoot
ˈpʊsɪˌfʊt
redfoot
ˈrɛdˌfʊt
tanglefoot
ˈtæŋɡəlˌfʊt
tenderfoot
ˈtɛndəˌfʊt
underfoot
ˌʌndəˈfʊt
webfoot
ˈwɛbˌfʊt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELEPHANT FOOT

elenchi
elenchic
elenchus
elenctic
eleoptene
elephant
elephant bird
elephant fish
elephant grass
elephant gun
elephant in the room
elephant seal
elephant shrew
elephant´s-ear
elephant´s-foot
elephantiasic
elephantiasis
elephantine
elephantoid
elephants

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELEPHANT FOOT

athlete´s foot
back foot
bird´s foot
board foot
club foot
hand and foot
kick with the wrong foot
of foot
on foot
on the back foot
on the front foot
on the right foot
on the wrong foot
set on foot
shoot oneself in the foot
the boot is on the other foot
tread under foot
trench foot
tube foot
under foot
wrong-foot

Synonyms and antonyms of elephant foot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «elephant foot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELEPHANT FOOT

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

Translator English - Chinese

象脚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pata de elefante
570 millions of speakers

English

elephant foot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हाथी पांव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفيل القدم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слон ноги
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

elefante pé
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাতি পা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pied d´éléphant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kaki gajah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Elefantenfuß
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

象の足
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코끼리 발
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaki gajah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

voi chân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யானை அடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हत्ती पाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fil ayak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piede di elefante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stopa słonia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слон ноги
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

elefant picior
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελέφαντας πόδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

olifant voet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

elefantfot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

elefant fot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elephant foot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELEPHANT FOOT»

The term «elephant foot» is normally little used and occupies the 128.986 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELEPHANT FOOT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELEPHANT FOOT»

Discover the use of elephant foot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elephant foot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Elephant's Foot: Prevention and Care of Foot Conditions ...
This book will support anyone simply studying elephants or those working with elephants on a daily basis.
Blair Csuti, Eva L. Sargent, Ursula S. Bechert, 2008
2
Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants
Prevention is the key to elephant foot health. 2. Training is basic to routine foot care and therapy. 3. Daily foot inspection should be routine. 4. Early detection and aggressive management are crucial to rapid healing of lesions. REFERENCES ...
Murray E. Fowler, Susan K. Mikota, 2006
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Technologies for Improving Rural Livelihoods in Rainfed ...
Technical details Elephant-foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson) belongs to the Araceae family and is a tropical tuber crop. It originated in Southeast Asia. In India, it is commonly known as suran or jimmikand.
4
Buckling of Thin Metal Shells
High internal pressures: elephant's foot failures : boundary conditions, changes of plate thickness and axisymmetric imperfections The parts of the cylinder that are adjacent to the base, or to ring stiffeners and changes of wall thickness, are ...
J.G. Teng, J.M. Rotter, 2006
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Practical Hydraulics
The weight of the elephant is obviously greater than that of the woman but the pressure under the elephant's foot is much less than that under the high-heel shoe (see calculations in the box). The woman's weight (force) is small in comparison ...
Melvyn Kay, 2007
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Isostatic Pressing: Technology and Applications
This 'elephant's foot' complicates the handling operation, becomes a source of breakage during sintering, and lowers the yield of the powdered raw material. In addition, during pressing with forming molds in which this 'elephant's foot' is ...
M. Koizumi, M. Nishihara, 1991
7
Tuber & Root Crops
Tuber crops (cassava and sweet potato) also play a vital role to substitute as fodder for livestock, duckery (prefers tapioca and elephant foot yam leaves) and fishery in the region. Genetic Resources of Tuber crops in North Eastern States of  ...
‎2008
8
Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics: A Rational Approach to ...
Considering e.g. the connection of the elephant foot with the temporary invert, the following method can be applied. The reinforcement (wire mesh or rebars) to provide the connection with the bench lining (to be placed later) protrudes from the ...
Dimitrios Kolymbas, 2005
9
Vegetable Crops
(Syn: Elephant foot yam) Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Syn: A. campanulatus ( Roxb.) Blume) (2n = 28) (Hindi: Suran, Zamikand) Family: Araceae Elephant foot yam is a remunerative and profitable stem tuber crop. The crop is gaining ...
T. R. Gopalakrishnan, 2007
10
Sustainable Food Security
Vegetable cowpea could successfully be grown in between rows of elephant foot yam without much reduction in yield (Chattopadhyay et al., 2008). (V) Quality planting material production Techniques of quality seed multiplication programmes ...
‎2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELEPHANT FOOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elephant foot is used in the context of the following news items.
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Growing Record Breaking Yam! | Thiruvananthapuram NYOOOZ
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A farmer from Neyyattinkara, V S Syamkumar, is on a mission to grow the world's biggest elephant foot yam, using ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
2
You can Markoff most of your plant list in this...
Three intriguing “elephant foot” cactus are 75, 65 and 45-years-old, respectively. The collector's plant has corky bark that looks uncannily like ... «Mississauga, Jun 15»
3
Unchained Elephants Survive Nepal's Deadly Earthquakes
... providing much needed elephant foot care, teaching positive training methods, the opening of an elephant sanctuary in the U.S., and working ... «Care2.com, May 15»
4
Tiger's head and monkey skulls seized in 'illegal taxidermy' bust …
Police seize dried ELEPHANT foot that was advertised online ... animal parts seized a dried elephant's foot in Waltham Forest earlier this year ... «Evening Standard, May 15»
5
Season for Elephant Torture Is Underway in Kerala, India
Pacinian corpuscles have also been found in the elephant foot - concentrated in the front and back (toes and heel area) dermal layer.". «Huffington Post Canada, Apr 15»
6
Police seize dried ELEPHANT foot that was advertised online
The charity's UK director Philip Mansbridge said: “We are shocked anyone would want to buy an elephant's foot when elephants are being ... «Evening Standard, Mar 15»
7
Satellite Eye on Earth: February 2015 – in pictures
The shape of Greenland's Elephant Foot glacier, for example, is so distinct that it stands out dramatically from its surroundings when viewed ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
8
Technique measures pressure on captive elephant's feet so …
Dr Panagiotopoulou said that early diagnosis is important because elephant foot diseases such as osteoarthritis and osteomyelitis are often ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
9
UQ scientist pursues the perfect pachyderm pedicure
Dr Panagiotopoulou said early diagnosis was important because elephant foot diseases such as osteoarthritis and osteomyelitis were often ... «UQ News, Mar 15»
10
Ornamental and yummy too
How to grow: Elephant foot yam can be grown in the ground or in a large pot. The tuber needs space to grow as it can grow quite large. In either ... «The Hindu, Mar 15»

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