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- [hilt]
- /hɪlt/
- /hɪlt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hilt]
- /hɪlt/
Definitions of hilt word
- noun hilt the handle of a sword or dagger. 1
- noun hilt the handle of any weapon or tool. 1
- verb with object hilt to furnish with a hilt. 1
- idioms hilt to the hilt, to the maximum extent or degree; completely; fully: to play the role to the hilt. Also, up to the hilt. 1
- noun hilt The handle of a weapon or tool, especially a sword, dagger, or knife. 1
- noun hilt sword or knife handle 1
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Origin of hilt
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English hilt(e); cognate with Middle Dutch hilt(e), Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza handle of a sword
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Parts of speech for Hilt
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hilt popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
hilt usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hilt
noun hilt
- tail — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- shank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- tip — Eugene (Gladstone) 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
Antonyms for hilt
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