A clipper ship running before the wind with all her canvas spread is a sight to behold.
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Clipper
Synonyms for "clipper" (17 found)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
33 translations across 31 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- klipper noun (fast sailing ship)
Armenian
1 entries- կլիպեր noun (fast sailing ship)
Belarusian
1 entries- кліпер noun (fast sailing ship)
Bulgarian
1 entries- клипер noun (fast sailing ship)
Catalan
1 entries- clíper noun (fast sailing ship)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 飞剪式帆船 noun (fast sailing ship)
Czech
1 entries- klipr noun (fast sailing ship)
Danish
1 entries- klipper noun (fast sailing ship)
Dutch
1 entries- klipper noun (fast sailing ship)
Esperanto
1 entries- klipero noun (fast sailing ship)
Finnish
2 entries- klipperi noun (fast sailing ship)
- leikkuri noun (anything that clips)
French
1 entries- clipper noun (fast sailing ship)
German
1 entries- Klipper noun (fast sailing ship)
Hebrew
1 entries- קְלִיפֶּר noun (fast sailing ship)
Hungarian
1 entries- klipper noun (fast sailing ship)
Icelandic
1 entries- klippari noun (fast sailing ship)
Ido
1 entries- klipero noun (fast sailing ship)
Indonesian
1 entries- kliper noun (fast sailing ship)
Japanese
1 entries- クリッパー noun (fast sailing ship)
Korean
1 entries- 클리퍼 noun (fast sailing ship)
Macedonian
1 entries- клипер noun (fast sailing ship)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- klipper noun (fast sailing ship)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- klipper noun (fast sailing ship)
Polish
1 entries- kliper noun (fast sailing ship)
Portuguese
1 entries- clíper noun (fast sailing ship)
Romanian
1 entries- cliper noun (fast sailing ship)
Russian
2 entries- кли́пер noun (fast sailing ship)
- куса́чки noun (anything that clips)
Slovak
1 entries- kliper noun (fast sailing ship)
Spanish
1 entries- clíper noun (fast sailing ship)
Swedish
1 entries- klipperskepp noun (fast sailing ship)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кліпер noun (fast sailing ship)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Alberta Clipper is a fast-moving low pressure system that occurs during the winter and sweeps southeast from Alberta, Canada, across the northern Great Plains and Midwest of the United States. These storms usually bring a few inches of snow.
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Do you have a nail clipper I could use?
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The hair clipper was plugged in.
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