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PRONUNCIATION OF FENKS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FENKS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fenks 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 FENKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fenks in the English dictionary

The definition of fenks in the dictionary is the parts of the blubber of a whale which contain the oil. Other definition of fenks is the refuse from melted blubber, used as manure.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FENKS


Banks
bæŋks
blinks
blɪŋks
Bronx
brɒŋks
drinks
drɪŋks
Fairbanks
ˈfɛəˌbæŋks
Hanks
hæŋks
hunks
hʌŋks
jinx
dʒɪŋks
jynx
dʒɪŋks
Lancs
læŋks
links
lɪŋks
lynx
lɪŋks
Manx
mæŋks
minx
mɪŋks
pharynx
ˈfærɪŋks
ranks
ræŋks
sphinx
sfɪŋks
thanks
θæŋks
thanx
θæŋks
trunks
trʌŋks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FENKS

fenestellae
fenestra
fenestrae
fenestral
fenestrate
fenestrated
fenestration
feng shui
feni
Fenian
Fenianism
Fenians
fenland
fenman
fennec
fennel
fennelflower
fennish
fenny

WORDS THAT END LIKE FENKS

bathing trunks
branks
break ranks
close ranks
forty winks
golf links
Grand Banks
high jinks
hijinks
jinks
lower ranks
methinks
other ranks
return thanks
spindleshanks
swimming trunks
tiddlywinks
upper ranks
vote of thanks
yonks

Synonyms and antonyms of fenks in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fenks» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FENKS

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

Translator English - Chinese

fenks
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fenks
570 millions of speakers

English

fenks
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fenks
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

fenks
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

fenks
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fenks
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fenks
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fenks
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fenks
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fenks
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

fenks
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

fenks
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fenks
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fenks
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fenks
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेनके
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fenks
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fenks
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fenks
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

fenks
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fenks
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

fenks
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fenks
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

fenks
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fenks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fenks

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FENKS»

The term «fenks» is normally little used and occupies the 144.259 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FENKS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fenks» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fenks» 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 fenks

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FENKS»

Discover the use of fenks in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fenks and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
In some extensive premises, however, the fenks are deposited in a large shallow cistern or pit sunk into the earth, and made sufficiently large to contain the whole refuse of one cargo ; where it remains undisturbed until the action of the sun ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
2
An Account of the Arctic Regions: With a History and ...
Fenks. — The fenks, or ultimate refuse of the blubber of the whale, form an excellent manure, especially in soils deficient in animal matter. The late eminent judge, Lord Meadowbank, found this sort of refuse the very best matter to be added to ...
William Scoresby, 1820
3
The whale-fishery
Fenks. — The fenks, or ultimate refuse of the blubber of the whale, form an excellent manure, especially in soils deficient in animal matter. The late eminent judge, Lord Meadowbank, found this sort of refuse the very best matter to be added to ...
William Scoresby, 1820
4
An account of the Arctic regions, with a history and ...
The oil in the copper being now separated from the fenks, water, and other impurities, all of which have subsided to the bottom, is, in a great. measure, run off' through the pipe communicating with the cooler, and the remainder is carefully lifted ...
William Scoresby (Jr.), 1820
5
The Arctic Regions and the Northern Whale-fishery
The fenks, or ultimate refuse of the blubber of the whale, form an excellent manure, especially in soils deficient in animal matter. Fenks might be used, it is probable, in the manufacture of Prussian blue, and also for the production of ammonia.
William Scoresby, 1799
6
Albany Review
Ingram Bryan 337 fenks, Edward. Mr. Mallock on Socialism 311 fenks, Edward. The Country and the Lords 481 fenks, Edward. England in the Eleventh Century 670 fohnson, Wildover. The Russian Horizon 141 Lange, M. E. A Greater London .
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The Northern Whale-fishery
Many of the fritters ot fenks float on the surface of the oil before it it heated, but after it is " boiled off," the whole, or nearly so, subside to the bottom. From the time the copper begins to warm until it is boiled off, or ceases to boil, its contents must  ...
William Scoresby, 1799
8
The Tryal of Tho. Pilkington, Esq; Samuel Shute, Esq;} ...
Full Title: "The Tryal of Tho.
Anonymous, 2012
9
Supplement to Craig's universal dictionary
Fenks, fenks, s. pi. The refuse of whales' blubber. Feral, fe'ral, a. (feralis, pertaining to funerals, Lat.) Lugubrious; mournful; funereal. Ferde, ferd, s. In Commerce, a piece of coarse cotton cloth. Fermentarility, fer-men-ta-bil'e-te, s. Capability of ...
P Austin Nuttall, John Craig (F.G.S.), 1864
10
An English and Chinese standard dictionary: A-L
Fenks, (fenks) n. The refuse of whale's wubbor, mmm- Fen-land, (fen'-land) n. Wet land, Jgjfc, Fennec, (fen'-nek) n. The zerda, (6J),'h it, s.mmmitkt.— m- Fennel, (fen'-nel) «. An aromatic plant, with umbels of yellow flowers and finely divided ...
顏惠慶, 1908

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FENKS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fenks is used in the context of the following news items.
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The/Das in Stuttgart: Stuttgart, Sonntag, Daumen hoch!
Einer trägt ein Bloc-Party-Shirt, was passt, weil Fabian Fenks Gesang immer wieder an den des Bloc-Party-Frontmanns Kele Okereke erinnert. «Stuttgarter Zeitung, Oct 14»

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