Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ansate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ansate
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That has a handle or a part that resembles a handle.

Example Sentences

"The decoration of this feature is singular for it displays in relief an ansate, oval dish complete with offerings."
"1990, John Irwin Jones, Chapter 15: Comparative Development of Somatic Sensory Cortex, Edward G. Jones, Alan Peters (editors), Cerebral Cortex, Volume 8B: Comparative Structure and Evolution of Cerebral Cortex, Part 2, page 407, In cats, the ansate sulcus forms a posterior boundary for much of SI, and the coronal sulcus functions as a jugular sulcus demarcating forelimb and face projections."
"Only two British tablets are ansate: these are Caerleon (Text-fig. 5), which (to quote the editors) “has two nail-holes for attachment”, and Bath 15, which was nonetheless folded up and deposited in the hot spring."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ansātus (“handled; having handles”), from ansa (“handle”).

Phrases

ansate cross

Synonyms

ansated

Questions

What does ansate mean?: That has a handle or a part that resembles a handle.
Where does ansate come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin ansātus (“handled; having handles”), from ansa (“handle”).

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