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bismar

bismar noun: a kind of steelyard used in Orkney.

Noun

bismar (plural bismars)

  1. (historical) A kind of steelyard used in Orkney.

Forms of bismar

pluralbismars

Origin of bismar

From Danish bismer, from Middle Low German bisemer, via a Slavic language from Turkish batman (“a unit of weight”).

Questions about bismar

What does bismar mean?
Bismar means a kind of steelyard used in Orkney.
What part of speech is bismar?
Bismar is a noun.
What is the plural of bismar?
The plural of bismar is bismars.

Words near bismar in the dictionary

  1. bislings
  2. Bislish
  3. bislongiquinolide
  4. bism
  5. bismanol
  6. bismar
  7. bismarck
  8. Bismarck Archipelago
  9. Bismarck boobook
  10. Bismarck boobooks
  11. Bismarck brown

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