baton

baton is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
2. noun. An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.
3. noun. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

   Synonyms: wand

4. noun. a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race
5. noun. a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette
6. noun. a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
7. noun. a short stout club used primarily by policemen

   Synonyms: billy, billystick, nightstick, truncheon

Synonyms

wand, billy, billystick, nightstick, truncheon

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in baton:

botan

Common word forms

batons

Words from these letters

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