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Meaning of "loincloth" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOINCLOTH

loincloth  [ˈlɔɪnˌklɒθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOINCLOTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Loincloth 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 LOINCLOTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

loincloth

Loincloth

A loincloth is a one-piece garment – sometimes kept in place by a belt – which covers the genitals and, at least partially, the buttocks.

Definition of loincloth in the English dictionary

The definition of loincloth in the dictionary is a piece of cloth worn round the loins Also called: breechcloth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOINCLOTH


backcloth
ˈbækˌklɒθ
breechcloth
ˈbriːtʃˌklɒθ
broadcloth
ˈbrɔːdˌklɒθ
cheesecloth
ˈtʃiːzˌklɒθ
crumbcloth
ˈkrʌmˌklɒθ
dishcloth
ˈdɪʃˌklɒθ
dustcloth
ˈdʌstˌklɒθ
footcloth
ˈfʊtˌklɒθ
greencloth
ˈɡriːnˌklɒθ
haircloth
ˈhɛəˌklɒθ
hammercloth
ˈhæmərˌklɒθ
headcloth
ˈhedˌklɒθ
longcloth
ˈlɒŋˌklɒθ
neckcloth
ˈnɛkˌklɒθ
oilcloth
ˈɔɪlˌklɒθ
sackcloth
ˈsækˌklɒθ
saddlecloth
ˈsædəlˌklɒθ
sailcloth
ˈseɪlˌklɒθ
tablecloth
ˈteɪbəlˌklɒθ
washcloth
ˈwɒʃˌklɒθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOINCLOTH

logrolling
logway
logwood
logy
lohan
Lohengrin
loid
loin
loin chop
loins
loipe
loir
Loir-et-Cher
Loire
Loire-Atlantique
Loiret
loiter
loiterer
loitering
loiteringly

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOINCLOTH

altar cloth
American cloth
bark cloth
cloth
covert cloth
drop cloth
drying-up cloth
emery cloth
face cloth
facecloth
floorcloth
grass cloth
ground cloth
kente cloth
melton cloth
out of whole cloth
sloth
sponge cloth
tea cloth
the cloth
wire cloth

Synonyms and antonyms of loincloth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «loincloth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOINCLOTH

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

taparrabos
570 millions of speakers

English

loincloth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लंगोटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مئزر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

набедренная повязка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tanga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধুতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pagne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Loincloth
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schurz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腰巻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

들보
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Loincloth
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khố
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரைத்துணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोइक्लॉथ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

peştamâl
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perizoma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przepasce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пов´язка на стегнах
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

loincloth
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

loincloth
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lende doek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

höftskynske
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lendeklede
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of loincloth

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOINCLOTH»

The term «loincloth» is normally little used and occupies the 109.518 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOINCLOTH» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «LOINCLOTH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word loincloth.
1
Jim Caviezel
I was freezing in that loincloth.
2
Djimon Hounsou
I feel like Africans are too often portrayed as people on the National Geographic channel: the image is of an African man in a loincloth chasing a gazelle. It's not intentionally racist; I wouldn't call it racist at all. It's a lack of understanding another culture.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOINCLOTH»

Discover the use of loincloth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to loincloth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Jewish Study Bible: Jewish Publication Society Tanakh ...
1 3 Thus the LoRD said to me: ”Go buy yourself a loincloth of linen, and put it around your loins, but do not dip it into water.” 2 So I bought the loincloth in accordance with the LoRD's command, and put it about my loins. 3And the word of the ...
Adele Berlin, Marc Zvi Brettler, Michael A. Fishbane, 2004
2
Lord of the Loincloth
"The adventures of the Royal Naval African expedition and its intrepid leader, Commander Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson." -- Cover.
Christopher Dow, 2007
3
Throw Away Your Loincloth
Loincloth! The Truth about Meditation Do you have time tositona mountaintop for hours, wearing a loincloth, chanting the mystical 'Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmm'? No, I don't either, you are jokingaren't you? I find that little everyday things have ...
Michelle Jones, 2014
4
The crown and the loincloth
Chaman Nahal. 'This is not a minor matter. To me it is more important than the Round Table Conference.' 'Oh, go on, Bapu. Please don't fritter away your energy .1 'Please, Bapu,' pleaded Ghaffar Khan, agreeing with Jawaharlal. When they ...
Chaman Nahal
5
A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming
Second, Jeremiah is commanded to take the loincloth and hide it in the rocks by the Euphrates River (v. 4). (Because the Euphrates River is a very long distance from Jerusalem, it is not clear that this is the river that is intended. The Hebrew ...
Walter Brueggemann, 1998
6
The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh
He had only one loincloth to wear, and he never took it off. He never even had time to change his loincloth or to sleep. The loincloth finally began to complain, “ Aiyö, the sweat and the smell! I have never even seen water. He never bathes, and ...
M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, 2006
7
Storytellers, saints and scoundrels: folk narrative in Hindu ...
The association of loincloths and sexual control is evident in the north Indian colloquial usage of larujot band, "tight (closed) loincloth," for someone who is celibate and incorruptible, and langot ka kaccha, "uncooked loincloth," for a lewd,  ...
Kirin Narayan, 1992
8
Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of Truth
CHAPTER. THREE. Gussied. in. Loincloth. and. Sporting. a. Yoke: Symbols. Come. to. Life. Introduction The texts studied thus far have shown Jeremiah to be a highly skilled poet, faithfully proclaiming God's word as designated by his divine ...
Carol J. Dempsey, 2007
9
An Ethnology of the Admiralty Islanders: The Alfred Bühler ...
1.10. Penis. Ornaments. Men cover or decorate the penis in two ways: on the one hand with a tapa loincloth (for everyday use), and on the other hand with a white Ovula ovum shell. 1.10.1. Tapa. Loincloth. Classification and Distribution No ...
Sylvia Ohnemus, Museum der Kulturen Basel, 1998
10
The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the ...
He buried a linen loincloth only to reclaim it—ruined—later. 8–11: The Lord explains to Jeremiah that, like the loincloth, Judah is ruined by its sin and, therefore, will be ruined by the coming destruction. 13.12–14: The allegory of the wine jar.
Michael David Coogan, Marc Zvi Brettler, Carol Ann Newsom, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOINCLOTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term loincloth is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What Kind of Drinker Are You? | Craic | Today FM
... worst out in us since the person who discovered it woke up the next morning in a pterodactyl's nest wearing their loincloth as a headband. «TodayFM, Jul 15»
2
Hair is a deadly weapon for brand new 'Street Fighter 5' combatant
He's a mysterious mountain man clad in nothing more than a loincloth, with thick, torso-length hair separated into whip-like tentacles by metal ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
3
Candidates for president? 459 and counting
... Enquirer (headline: KNOCKOUT BEAUTIES THROWING THEMSELVES AT TYSON) and ran a Los Angeles marathon clad only in a loincloth ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Color and fun reign at Chalk.a.Lot in Two Harbors | Duluth News …
... attendees, was another Sluggo figure, grass growing out of the concrete serving as a headpiece and dead grass fashioned as a loincloth. «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Opinion: Push for British employees to wear shorts in hot weather
... of more tropical parts of the empire being parachuted into London SW1 wearing nothing more than a loincloth and bird of paradise feathers. «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
6
David Bowie is | ArtsHub Australia - Design ArtsHub
Seeing the original loincloth worn in the production I found fascinating, for some reason. As you progress through the exhibition you will be ... «ArtsHub, Jul 15»
7
Fringe festival play shows Hamilton through a caveman's eyes
One lived 10,000 BC years ago, has a loincloth and unibrow and skulked around prehistoric Hamilton. The other is a modern-day woman ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
8
Review: Joachim Wtewael's Provocative and Puzzling Paintings at …
He stands all but nude, flexing and preening, as his loincloth slips down his thighs. He's performing a striptease and he has a rapt audience: a ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
Hotels' always-on-call butlers
Does that rule out finding a couple of loincloth-clad Adonises to make like human statues on my 645sq ft roof-terrace? “I might be able to rustle ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
The Enchanting Story Of Nigeria's Most Famous Magician, Professor …
When he came on stage dressed only in a loincloth of indeterminate color, you could hear the audience gasp aloud. Was this African magic? «Information Nigeria, Jul 15»

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