Dictionary Entry
abacus
abacus is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
- 2noun
A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.
- 3noun
The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.
- 4noun
A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.
- 5noun
A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
- 6noun
a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
- 7noun
a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
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