Loggerhead
Word | LOGGERHEAD |
Character | 10 |
Hyphenation | log ger head |
Pronunciations | N/A |
Definitions and meanings of "Loggerhead"
What do we mean by loggerhead?
A loggerhead turtle. noun
An iron tool consisting of a long handle with a bulbous end, used when heated to melt tar or warm liquids. noun
A post on a whaleboat used to secure the harpoon rope. noun
A blockhead; a dolt. noun
(at loggerheads) Engaged in a dispute. idiom
In the southern United States, the common snapping-turtle, Chelydra serpentina. noun
Specifically— in the British West Indies, a name applied to two large tyrant flycatchers, Pitangus caudifas-ciatus, and Myiarchus crinitus. noun
The steamer-duck, Tachyeres cinereus, a flightless water-fowl of the Falkland Islands and Straits of Magellan. noun
A lever or walking-beam which connects the piston-rod of an engine to the pump-plunger. noun
A pewter inkstand, circular and very heavy. noun
A large, heavy head, out of proportion to the body. noun
A blockhead; a dunce; a dolt; a thickskull. noun
A spherical mass of iron with a long handle, used after being heated for various purposes, as to liquefy tar, to ignite the priming of a cannon, etc. Also called loggerheat. noun
A post in the stern of a whale-boat, with a bell-shaped head, around which the harpoon-line passes; a snubbing-post. noun
The hawk-billed turtle, a marine species of the genus Thalassochelys, as the American loggerhead, T. caouana or caretta, or the Indian, T. olivacea; also, the alligator-turtle of the southern United States, Macrochelys lacertina. noun
The small gray or Carolinian shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, a bird of the family Laniidæ, resident and abundant in the southern parts of the United States, and sometimes as far north as New England. noun
A flycatcher. noun
The chub. noun
A kind of sponge found in Florida. noun
Plural The knapweed, Centaurea nigra; also, the blue-bottle, C. Cyanus. noun
A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.
A metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end that is made hot in a fire, then plunged into some material (such as pitch or a liquid) to melt or heat it.
A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.
(often in the plural) A thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).
Used as the name of various animals with large heads.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Loggerhead
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