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saddle
saddle is a 6-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle. Face value is 8 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.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.
- 2noun
A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
- 3noun
A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.
- 4noun
A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
- 5noun
A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- 6noun
The clitellus of an earthworm.
- 7noun
The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors.
- 8transitive verb
To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.
- 9transitive verb
Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.
- 10noun
posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
- 11noun
a seat for the rider of a bicycle
- 12noun
a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
- 13noun
a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
- 14noun
cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
- 15noun
a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
Synonyms
- 16verb
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
- 17verb
load or burden; encumber
"he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"
- 18verb
put a saddle on
"saddle the horses"
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