pelt

Meanings

• noun

  A thick covering of fur or hair, especially on an animal.

  - "The tiger's pelt was sold for a large sum of money."
  - "The hunter wore a thick pelt to keep warm during the winter."

• verb

  To throw or hail something, especially hard objects, at a person or thing.

  - "The crowd pelted the politician with eggs."
  - "The children pelted each other with snowballs."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with pelt
jelt , pellet , pelted , pelting

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. pelt (Scottish) : A small, flat, circular loaf of oatmeal bread.
   

2. pelt (Australian Rules Football) : To kick the ball forcefully towards an opponent's goalposts.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of pelt that leads to same result
pelt , pelts , pelted , pelting , pelter , pelters

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Etymology

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Old English pelt, pelte, pelte 'animal pelt, hide, skin'; related to pellen 'to peel, strip off, remove the hide of an animal'.

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Trivia

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1. The world record for the largest pelt belongs to a brown bear, which measured 11 feet 6 inches long and 7 feet wide.

2. The term 'pelting rain' comes from the fact that raindrops hit the ground in a similar way to pelting objects.

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Related Concepts

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1. Fur trade: A historical industry that involved the trading of fur pelts, primarily from North America, Europe, and Asia.

2. Taxidermy: The art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals to create lifelike displays.

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Culture

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In various cultures, animal pelts have been used for clothing, decoration, and religious purposes. For instance, Native American tribes used pelts for shelter, clothing, and trade. In medieval Europe, fur pelts were a symbol of wealth and power.

How to Memorize "pelt"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a thick, warm animal hide or a group of people throwing objects.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with 'thick fur' or 'throwing objects'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the phrase 'Pelt is a thick fur' or 'Pelt means to throw'.

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