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

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
5. noun. A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
6. noun. The clitellus of an earthworm.
7. noun. 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.
8. transitive verb. To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.
9. transitive 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.
10. noun. posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
11. noun. a seat for the rider of a bicycle
12. noun. a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
13. noun. a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
14. noun. cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
15. noun. a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

    Synonyms: saddleback

16. verb. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

    "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

    Synonyms: burden, charge

17. verb. load or burden; encumber

    "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"

18. verb. put a saddle on

    "saddle the horses"

Synonyms

saddleback, burden, charge

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in saddle:

addles

Common word forms

saddled, saddler, saddles, saddling, saddleless

Words from these letters

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