different between clearing vs thwaite

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kl????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kl?????/
• Rhymes: -??r??
• Hyphenation: clear?ing

Verb

clearing

1. present participle of clear

Noun

clearing (countable and uncountable, plural clearings)

1. The act or process of making or becoming clear.
2. An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
3. An open space in the fog etc.
4. (banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
5. (telecommunications) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
6. (Britain, education) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
7. (soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.

Synonyms

• (area devoid of trees): glade

Translations

Anagrams

• clangier, relacing

Finnish

Noun

clearing

1. (banking, finance) clearing

Declension

Spanish

Noun

clearing m (plural clearings)

1. (finance) clearing

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *thwait, a borrowing from Old Norse þveit (“paddock”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”) (see whittle), Danish døjt (“¹?₁₆₀ of the gulden”, dialectal: “a small coin”), German Deut, Dutch duit. Cognate with Old English þw?tan (“to thwite; cut; cut off”). Doublet of doit, and possibly of twat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?we?t/

Noun

thwaite (plural thwaites)

1. (archaic) A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing; assart

Related terms

• thwite

Etymology 2

Noun

thwaite (plural thwaites)

1. Alternative form of twaite

Anagrams

• waiteth