crare
/ˈkɹɛə(ɹ)/
crare noun: a slow unwieldy trading vessel.
Noun
crare (plural crares)
- A slow unwieldy trading vessel.
- Who ever yet could sound thy bottom? find / The ooze, to show what coast thy sluggish crare / Might easiliest harbour in?1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
Forms of crare
| plural | crares |
|---|---|
| alternative form | craie |
| alternative form | cray |
| alternative form | crayer |
Origin of crare
From Old French craier, creer, croyer (“ship of war”), Late Latin craiera, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic (compare German Krieger (“warrior”), or Dutch krijger).
Words that rhyme with crare
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- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about crare
- What does crare mean?
- Crare means a slow unwieldy trading vessel.
- What part of speech is crare?
- Crare is a noun.
- How do you pronounce crare?
- Crare is pronounced /ˈkɹɛə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of crare?
- The plural of crare is crares.
Words near crare in the dictionary
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