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Meaning of "turtleback" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TURTLEBACK

turtleback  [ˈtɜːtəlˌbæk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TURTLEBACK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Turtleback 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 TURTLEBACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

turtleback

Psathyrotes

Psathyrotes is a genus of annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America. Common names include turtleback, brittlestem, and fanleaf. The plants are low, densely branching, hairy, and scaly, with a turpentine-like odor. Leaves are alternate and hairy. The Latin name of the genus refers to the brittleness of the stems.

Definition of turtleback in the English dictionary

The definition of turtleback in the dictionary is an arched projection over the upper deck of a ship at the bow and sometimes at the stern for protection in heavy seas. Other definition of turtleback is a crude convex stone axe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TURTLEBACK


callback
ˈkɔːlˌbæk
camelback
ˈkæməlˌbæk
comeback
ˈkʌmˌbæk
cornerback
ˈkɔːnəˌbæk
feedback
ˈfiːdˌbæk
fullback
ˈfʊlˌbæk
hatchback
ˈhætʃˌbæk
horseback
ˈhɔːsˌbæk
howlback
ˈhaʊlˌbæk
outback
ˈaʊtˌbæk
paperback
ˈpeɪpəˌbæk
playback
ˈpleɪˌbæk
pull-back
ˈpʊlˌbæk
quillback
ˈkwɪlˌbæk
saddleback
ˈsædəlˌbæk
shellback
ˈʃɛlˌbæk
stickleback
ˈstɪkəlˌbæk
straddleback
ˈstrædəlˌbæk
tailback
ˈteɪlˌbæk
whaleback
ˈweɪlˌbæk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TURTLEBACK

turpentiny
turpeth
Turpin
turpitude
turps
turquoise
turret
turret gun
turret lathe
turreted
turrical
turriculate
turriculated
turtle
turtle soup
turtledove
turtlehead
turtleneck
turtler
turves

WORDS THAT END LIKE TURTLEBACK

ahorseback
angels-on-horseback
back
blueback
chargeback
devils-on-horseback
dieback
fireback
flareback
get back
giveback
go back
leaseback
pat on the back
reback
Rhodesian ridgeback
ten-spined stickleback
three-spined stickleback
tieback
zwieback

Synonyms and antonyms of turtleback in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «turtleback» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TURTLEBACK

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

Translator English - Chinese

龟甲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

turtleback
570 millions of speakers

English

turtleback
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

turtleback
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سطح محدب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Turtleback
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

turtleback
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

turtleback
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

turtleback
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kura-kura
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Turtleback
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タートルバック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

turtleback
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Turtleback
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

turtleback
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

turtleback
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Turtleback
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Turtleback
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Turtleback
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Turtleback
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Turtleback
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Turtleback
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Turtleback
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Paperback
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Turtle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Turtle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of turtleback

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TURTLEBACK»

The term «turtleback» is regularly used and occupies the 76.277 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TURTLEBACK» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURTLEBACK»

Discover the use of turtleback in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to turtleback and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Easy Turtleback Jackets
For the baby jacket, use an extra soft DK yarn. If a yarn is soft and pliable, it will work well with these patterns. This is a pop-on garment that will quickly become your favorite!
Sue Childress, Frances Hughes, 2009
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Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America: ...
The upper sedimentary units are varicolored; the dolomite, which here forms the carbonate member, is orange, and the lower arkosic units are various shades of gray and lavender. SITE 28. TURTLEBACK SURFACES B. W. Troxel LOCATION  ...
Mason L. Hill, 1987
3
Cenozoic Basins of the Death Valley Region
The nearest exposures of basement rock to the Furnace Creek basin lie in the footwall of the Badwater Turtleback (Fig. l ). There, basement rock, which consists largely of quartz- feldspar gneiss, is tectonically interlayered and deformed with ...
Lauren Albert Wright, Bennie Wyatt Troxel, 1999
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The Late Cretaceous San Juan Thrust System, San Juan ...
McLellan (1927) originally defined the Turtleback Complex to include all plutonic rocks of the San Juan Islands. Further work (Mattinson, 1972; Whetten and others , 1978) has shown that McLellan's Turtleback Complex included both early ...
Mark Thomas Brandon, Darrel S. Cowan, Joseph A. Vance, 1988
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Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its ...
Badwater Turtleback, Southern Death Valley As noted above, turtleback structures or extensive, curved topographic surfaces are well exposed at Badwater, between Badwater and Mormon Point at Copper Canyon, and at Mormon Point ...
Clarence A. Hall, Jr., 2007
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Day Hiking North Cascades: Mount Baker/Mountain Loop ...
^□Turtleback. Mountain. RATING/ ROUND-TRIP ELEVGAIN/ SEASON DIFFICULTY HIGH POINT ***«/3 3miles 830 feet/ Year-round 930 feet One-way \ £HSjmui^J view from Orcas Island's Turtlebock Mountoin. From an open knali on the ...
Craig Romano, 2008
7
Flowers and Shrubs of the Mojave Desert
A. Gray Sunflower Family Asteraceae lf turtles had gray-green, yellow-polka- dotted shells and never moved from their appointed places, they would look a lot like turtleback, an annual that forms hemispherical cushions on road shoulders, ...
Janice Emily Bowers, 1998
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Southern Exposure: Modern Japanese Literature from Okinawa
TURTLEBACK. TOMBS. OSHIRO. TATSUHIRO. ON MOST DAYS, all Grandma Ushi and Grandpa Zentoku thought about was what went on inside the ninety square feet of their thatched- roof house on its quarter acre of land. Only on those  ...
Michael S. Molasky, Steve Rabson, 2000
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U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
The first stage raised the blocks from which the turtleback surfaces were eroded, if the hypothesis proposed for the origin of the surfaces and described in the next section is accepted. The second stage raised the block from which the gravels ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1961
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Extensional Tectonics: Regional-scale processes
Each of the three exposed turtleback detachment faults is now active as a low- angle normal fault. A large, active normal fault, limited to upper-plate rocks, ends truncated downward against each turtleback (Fig. 7). Footwall Neogene volcanic  ...
Robert E. Holdsworth, Johnathan P. Turner, Geological Society of London, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TURTLEBACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term turtleback is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lawrenceville family donates 400-pound statue to Turtleback Park
LAWRENCEVILLE - Patti Osowick, a long-time township resident, had wished to replace a vandalized concrete turtle statue that sat at the entrance to Turtleback ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
Lyndhurst firefighters donate recycled hoses for the inhabitants of …
SHOUT OUT: Rather than pollute a landfill, Lyndhurst firefighters donated 2,000 feet of hose deemed unsafe for operational use to Turtleback Zoo in West ... «Cliffviewpilot.com, Jul 15»
3
Illegal campfire causes brush fire on Turtleback Mountain
Orcas Fire and Rescue responded to an isolated brush fire on the north side of the Land Bank's Turtleback Mountain Preserve on June 21. The fire, which was ... «Islands' Sounder, Jun 15»
4
Turtleback's Bucketfillers get a new perspective by feeding the …
Preparing toiletry bags for the homeless are Turtleback Elementary Bucketfiller Club members, from left, Zenzele Greene, Jamison Davis, Alexander Walden, ... «U-T San Diego, Feb 15»
5
Turtleback Case Ranger Series Leather Case & Holster for …
Turtleback Case Ranger Series Leather Case & Holster for BlackBerry Z30. Other BlackBerry Z30 accessories by Turtleback Case. Not yet rated ... «CrackBerry.com, Feb 15»
6
Rare Dallas trolleys spared from the scrapyard
The trio includes a 13-window turtleback trolley that is believed to be the only one of its kind in the world. Known as Car 323, it was going to be scrapped along ... «Dallas Morning News, Aug 14»
7
Turtleback Trailer feeds, cleans and shelters you off grid
Turtleback founder Dave Munsterman had a sort of perfect storm of life experiences that led to his trailer design. As a kid growing up in the 60s and 70s, ... «Gizmag, Jun 14»
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I Mounted An SLR Lens to My iPhone, And This Is What My First Few …
A company called Turtleback sells a gizmo called a SLR Jacket – an iPhone case that allows you to mount a manual, fancy-pants camera lens to your iPhone. «Business Insider, Jan 13»
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Turtleback launches TurtleJacket PentaEye lens wheel for iPhone5
We've seen multi-lens attachments for iPhone before, of course, notably the iPhone Lens Dial, but the iPhone 5's change in form factor inevitably ushers in a ... «Gizmag, Dec 12»
10
Turtleback SLR Mount links SLR lens and iPhone
The iPhone SLR Mount from Turtleback is the latest product in a trend that blurs the lines between your iPhone and your everyday camera. Featured this month ... «Macworld, Sep 11»

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