The three men wondered whether they would find Colson at Taylor's Creek. They felt that a hoodoo hung over the place.
Source: wiktionary
Hoodoo
//ˈhuːduː//
Synonyms for "hoodoo" (95 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (47)
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15 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- xemeneia de fades noun (spire of rock)
Dutch
2 entries- aardpijler noun (spire of rock)
- aardpiramide noun (spire of rock)
French
1 entries- cheminée de fée noun (spire of rock)
German
2 entries- Erdpfeiler noun (spire of rock)
- Erdpyramide noun (spire of rock)
Japanese
1 entries- 土柱 noun (spire of rock)
Polish
1 entries- bajeczny komin noun (spire of rock)
Portuguese
1 entries- chaminé de fada noun (spire of rock)
Russian
1 entries- худу noun (spire of rock)
Spanish
1 entries- chimenea de hadas noun (spire of rock)
Swedish
2 entries- jordpelare noun (spire of rock)
- jordpyramid noun (spire of rock)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
It was even larger than the mirage made it look—a dozen miles across and a thousand feet deep, with fins and towers and hoodoos like observation posts, mesas and minor buttes, springs flowing brightly in the red rock.
Source: wiktionary
This park’s strange and beautiful rock formations were formed by the Yellowstone River and various streams that have cut through the rock over millions of years, carving out hoodoos, spires and caprocks. The name Makoshika comes from a Lakota word for badlands.
Source: wiktionary
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