echelon

echelon is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance.
2. noun. An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.
3. transitive verb. To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.
4. intransitive verb. To take position in echelon.
5. noun. a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
6. noun. a body of troops arranged in a line

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in echelon:

chelone

Common word forms

echelons, echeloned, echeloning, echelonment

Words from these letters

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