different between homer vs nestor
homer
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h??m?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ho?m??/
Rhymes: -??m?(r)
Etymology 1
From Hebrew ???? \ ?????? (khómer, “clay, heap, large unit of volume”).
Alternative forms
- chomer
Noun
homer (plural homers)
- (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6 1?2 US bushels.
- 1769, Bible (KJV), Ezekiel, 45:11:
- The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
- 1769, Bible (KJV), Ezekiel, 45:11:
- (historical units of measure) Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure.
- 1769, Bible (KJV), Ezekiel, 45:11:
- The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
- 1769, Bible (KJV), Ezekiel, 45:11:
Usage notes
In English, sometimes confounded with the much smaller omer.
Synonyms
- cor, kor
Meronyms
- (dry measure): cab, kab (1?180 homer); omer, issaron (1?100 homer); seah (1?30 homer); ephah (1?10 homer); lethek, lethech (1?2 homer)
- (liquid measure): See cor
Etymology 2
From home +? -er.
Noun
homer (plural homers)
- (baseball) A four-base hit; a home run
- The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.
- A homing pigeon.
- Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.
- (sports) A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team.
- Joe is such a homer that he would never boo the Hometown Hobos, even if they are in last place in the league.
- A homing beacon.
- 1961, RCA Service Company, Digest of Military Electronics (page 75)
- Two general types of homer systems are in use, active homers and passive homers. Active homers contain a transmitting device which emits energy that is directed towards the target.
- 1961, RCA Service Company, Digest of Military Electronics (page 75)
Translations
Verb
homer (third-person singular simple present homers, present participle homering, simple past and past participle homered)
- (baseball) To hit a homer; to hit a home run.
- The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.
Synonyms
- hit out of the park, jack
Translations
See also
- single, double, triple
References
- "H2563: chomer" in James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
- "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Anagrams
- Roehm
Middle English
Noun
homer
- Alternative form of hamer
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nestor
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?n?stor]
Noun
nestor m anim
- any parrot of the genus Nestor
Declension
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nestor/, [?ne?s?t?o?r]
- Rhymes: -estor
- Syllabification: nes?tor
Noun
nestor
- doyen (the senior, or eldest male member of a group)
Declension
nestor From the web:
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