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PRONUNCIATION OF RAT TAIL

rat tail  [ræt teɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAT TAIL

noun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rat tail 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 RAT TAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rat tail

Rat tail or Rat's tail may refer to: ▪ the tail of a rat ▪ Rattail, fish of the family Macrouridae ▪ Rattail, a defect in metal casting ▪ Rattail ▪ Rattail skate, a fish endemic to Mozambique ▪ Rat-tail splice, a type of electrical splice ▪ Babiana ringens, a flowering plant of South Africa ▪ Raphanus caudatus or rattail radish...

Definition of rat tail in the English dictionary

The first definition of rat tail in the dictionary is a hair style characterized by a long thin tail of hair growing at the back of the head. Other definition of rat tail is a horse's tail that has no hairs. Rat tail is also a horse having such a tail.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAT TAIL


blacktail
ˈblækˌteɪl
cocktail
ˈkɒkˌteɪl
curtail
kɜːˈteɪl
detail
ˈdiːteɪl
dovetail
ˈdʌvˌteɪl
entail
ɪnˈteɪl
fishtail
ˈfɪʃˌteɪl
hardtail
ˈhɑːdˌteɪl
hightail
ˈhaɪˌteɪl
horsetail
ˈhɔːsˌteɪl
mocktail
ˈmɒkˈteɪl
pigtail
ˈpɪɡˌteɪl
ponytail
ˈpəʊnɪˌteɪl
retail
ˈriːteɪl
stale
steɪl
swallowtail
ˈswɒləʊˌteɪl
tail
teɪl
tale
teɪl
telltale
ˈtɛlˌteɪl
whitetail
ˈwaɪtˌteɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAT TAIL

rat
rat kangaroo
rat poison
rat race
rat run
rat snake
rat tamer
rat trap
rat-a-tat
rat-a-tat-tat
rat-arsed
rat-catcher
rat-catching
rat-infested
rat-run
rat-runner
rat-running
rat-tail
rat-tat
rat-tat-tat

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAT TAIL

all-flying tail
bobtail
cottontail
ducktail
e-tail
fat tail
fee tail
fish tail
go into detail
have a tiger by the tail
in detail
long tail
nose to tail
peacock´s tail
rat-tail
shirt-tail
sting in the tail
top and tail
turn tail
yellowtail

Synonyms and antonyms of rat tail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rat tail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAT TAIL

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Translator English - Chinese

鼠尾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cola de rata
570 millions of speakers

English

rat tail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चूहे की पूंछ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذيل فأر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крысиный хвост
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cauda de rato
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাছি লেজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

queue de rat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tikus ekor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rattenschwanz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラット尾
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쥐의 꼬리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tikus buntut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đuôi chuột
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எலி வால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टोपी शेपटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fare kuyruğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coda di topo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczurzego ogona
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щурячий хвіст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coadă de șobolan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ουρά αρουραίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rat stert
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

råttsvans
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rottehale
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rat tail

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAT TAIL»

The term «rat tail» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.050 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAT TAIL» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAT TAIL»

Discover the use of rat tail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rat tail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
As Much as a Rat's Tail: An Irreverent Look at Language ...
This is the Korean not covered in the language books, full of color and infused with philosophy.
Peter/ Nicholas Liptak, Siwoo Lee, Si Woo Lee, 2010
2
Collagen: Structure and Mechanics
A value of between 7 and 8GPa for the elastic modulus of the collagen molecule ( Silver et al., 2001c) has been found for rat tail tendon. Collagen fibril lengths calculated from the viscous stress and hydrodynamic theory (Silver, 2006) range  ...
Peter Fratzl, 2008
3
Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays
Abbott and Franklin (1986) used two forms of the rat tail flick test: In the restrained form of the test rats were placed in wire restraining tubes from 10min before drug injection till the end of the test. In the unrestrained form of the test rats were left ...
Hans Vogel, 2008
4
A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America
The "Puritan" bowl was retained, though deepened, and the junction with stem and bowl was reinforced with a spinal rib which extended down the back of the latter and was known as a rat tail, thus giving this class of spoon its generic name .
Ivor Noël Hume, 1969
5
Culturing Nerve Cells
Box 6.1 Preparation and Application of Collagen A. Preparation of Rat Tail Collagen Stock Collagen stock is prepared from adult rat tails by modifications of the procedure of Bornstein (1958). The tails (freshly collected or stored until use at ...
Gary Banker, Kimberly Goslin, 1998
6
New Scientist
... cuff placed around the tail. At Cambridge, we have used a paper-clip to apply mild pressure to the tail, and we too have seen eating in the majority of the rats tested. Many readers will be wondering what precise connection a rat's tail has ...
7
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
It may not be uninteresting to describe here a fight which I witnessed some months since between a large Clibro and Rat-tail, the latter being nearly half as thick again as the former, but not so long; they were each however upwards of four feet ...
‎1849
8
Epithelial Cell Culture Protocols
Type I rat tail tendon collagen (32,33). We prepare our own Type 1 collagen from tendons that we dissect from the tails of Fischer 344 male rats, as referenced previously (32,33). Type I collagen can also be commercially obtained from ...
Clare Wise, 2002
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The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, ...
have myself seen distinctly on more than one occasion, in their combats, the fang of the Rat-tail enter into the body or head of the Clibro, and bring blood from the spot, while the Clibro has taken no more notice of it than to get the head of the ...
‎1850
10
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Radiology: Imaging and Intervention
Carcinoma of the pancreatic head can cause an irregular, abrupt, or rat-tail stricture of the CBD (Fig. 7-21). It is frequently necessary to turn the patient from the normal prone position of ERCP to supine to fill the entire pancreatic duct. Failure to ...
G. Scott Gazelle, Sanjay Saini, Peter R. Mueller, 1998

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAT TAIL»

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Rat tail is birthday surprise in 96-year-old Commack man's cake
It's safe to say whatever 96-year-old Joe Valente of Commack wished for when he blew out the candles on his German apple ring birthday cake, a slice of rat's ... «New York Daily News, Feb 14»

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