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Meaning of "sculls" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCULLS

sculls  [skʌlz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCULLS

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adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sculls 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 SCULLS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sculls

Sculling

Sculling generally refers to a method of using oars to propel watercraft in which the oar or oars touch the water on both the port and starboard sides of the craft, or over the stern. By extension, the oars themselves are also often referred to as sculls when used in this manner, and the boat itself may be referred to as a scull.

Definition of sculls in the English dictionary

The definition of sculls in the dictionary is a race between racing shells, each propelled by one, two, or four oarsmen pulling two oars.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCULLS


lulz
lʌlz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCULLS

sculk
sculker
scull
sculle
sculler
sculleries
scullery
scullery maid
Scullin
scullion
sculp
sculpin
sculpsit
sculpt
sculptor
Sculptoris
sculptress
sculptural
sculpturally
sculpture

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCULLS

as old as the hills
balls
bells
Beverly Hills
by the balls
communication skills
falls
hills
management skills
Mills
Niagara Falls
overalls
pills
polls
Rolls
stalls
the hills
walls
Wells
Wills

Synonyms and antonyms of sculls in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sculls» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCULLS

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

Translator English - Chinese

双桨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scull
570 millions of speakers

English

sculls
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्कल्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التجديف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

черепов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sculls
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sculls
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avirons
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sculls
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zweier
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スカル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스컬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sculls
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sculls
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sculls
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कल्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sculls
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sculls
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czaszki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

черепів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vâsle
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκιφ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sculls
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sculls
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sculls
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sculls

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCULLS»

The term «sculls» is regularly used and occupies the 63.034 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCULLS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCULLS»

Discover the use of sculls in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sculls and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oars and Sculls
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Walter Bradford Woodgate, 2011
2
Wooden Boats: From Sculls to Yachts
A beautifully illustrated gift book that celebrates the beauty, craftsmanship, and mystique of wooden boats.
Joseph Gribbins, 1991
3
Statistical Thinking in Sports
In quad sculls each rower uses two oars. The winning quad sculls time in 1996 for men was 5:56.9. Using Equation 3.7, the total power output of the four rowers was 1338W or 334W per rower. For fours without a coxswain competition, with ...
Jim Albert, Ruud H. Koning, 2007
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Rowing News
INDEPENDENT INVITATION TO THE U.S. OPEN SCULLS CLASSIC U.S. OPEN SCULLS PARTICIPATION QUESTIONNAIRE YES! Our club is interested in participating in the U.S. Open Sculls Event: Total Number of Scullers in Club: Under ...
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Rowing News
Mar Del Plata, Argentina March 15-19, 1995 In the event category: H= Homme ( men); F=Femme (female); PL=Poid Leges (lightweight); lx (single sculls); 2x, 4x etc.; (+) indicates there is a coxswain, (-) means there is not. Men's Single Scull ...
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Rowing News
Last year, the U.S. won three medals at the Olympic Games — a silver in the men's pair and bronze in the women's pair and women's lightweight double sculls. At the non-Olympic world championships, the U.S. won gold in the men's ...
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Rowing News
Junior Women's Single Sculls 1. ATWOOD, Emily, Oregon Rowing Unlimited, 8: 29.42; 2. STEELE, Jennifer, Lake Washington RC, 8:44.43; 3. ROBERTS, Abbie, Detroit BC, 9:18.07. Lightweight Men's Single Sculls 1. MARTINEZ, James ...
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Data Visualization: A Successful Design Process
Top 5 Winning Margins Top 5 Events (Men) Top 5 Events (Women) Eights o Q Coxless Pairs 31.5 Single Sculls 3.9 Single Sculls Q 0 Double Sculls 30.8 (oxless Pails 3.5 Double Sculls Q o Coldess Fours 26.0 LightweightDouble Sculls 2.6 ...
Andy Kirk, 2012
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The Rower's Almanac 2004-2005
2000 ☆ Sydney MEN'S SINGLE SCULLS (M1X) Gold NZL Waddell, Robert Silver SUI Mueller, Xeno Bronze GER Hacker, Marcel WOMEN'S SINGLE SCULLS (W1X) Gold BLR Khodotovich, Ekaterina Silver BUL Neykova, Rumyana Bronze ...
Karen Solem Derringer, 2004
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Rowing News
Blood St. Sculls-Azoulay 8:39.4 2. Blood St. Sculls-Slezycki 9:12.4 Mixed Masters 2x 1 . Nereid BC-O'Shea 9:29.6 2. Day Rowers-Johnson 9:57.2 Mixed Youth 2x I . Blood St. Sculls-Storm 8:59.7 Wye Island Regatta September 14,2002 Wye ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCULLS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sculls is used in the context of the following news items.
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Carling Zeeman a rising force in Canadian women's sculls
The competition will get much stouter on the road to Rio that it was here, but there's little doubt Zeeman is in the fast lane to becoming the next single sculls star ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
2
Canada takes home two rowing golds, two bronzes at Pan Am Games
... the U.S. and secure the day's first gold for Canada in the women's double sculls. ... pairs, and Matthew Buie and Pascal Lussier in the men's double sculls. «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
3
Alan Campbell third in Lucerne single sculls final
Coleraine's Alan Campbell has finished third in the final of the single sculls at the third World Cup regatta of the season in Lucerne. Olympic champion Mahé ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
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Great Britain's Copeland and Taylor win rowing gold in double sculls
Great Britain's Charlotte Taylor, left, and Katherine Copeland, here at the European Championships in May, won gold in Italy on Sunday. Photograph: Janek ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
Canada's quad sculls team rowing for Pan Am, Olympic podium
Carling Zeeman, Kerry Maher-Shaffer, Kate Goodfellow and Antje von Seydlitz will be in the hunt for a medal in quad sculls at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and are ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
6
Fiona Bourke gets singles sculls spot
World champion double sculler Fiona Bourke has been selected to fill the vacant women's singles sculls berth in the New Zealand team for the world rowing ... «3News NZ, Mar 15»
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Mahe Drysdale wins eighth single sculls title at New Zealand …
With Emma Twigg absent it meant a new name on the premier women's single scull trophy for the first time in seven years. Spoors took her chance to win by half ... «Timaru Herald, Feb 15»
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Sculler Robbie Manson to the fore again at national rowing …
Manson, a New Zealand representative in the double sculls in the past two seasons, has been in outstanding form in the single scull all summer and proved far ... «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 15»
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Mahe Drysdale wins first men's single sculls title in more than a year
For more than a year Drysdale has been pipped to top spot in the men's single sculls at domestic rowing competitions. Four times he had finished second to ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 15»
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Asian Games: Rower Sawarn Singh bags bronze in singles sculls
The Indian team of Kapil Sharma, Ranjit Singh, 2010 single sculls gold medal winner Bajrang Lal Takhar, P U Robin, K Sawan Kumar, Mohammad Azad, ... «Times of India, Sep 14»

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