different between overall vs shole

English

Etymology

From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle (“over all”), equivalent to over +? all. Compare Saterland Frisian oural, uural (“everywhere”), West Frisian oeral (“everywhere”), Dutch overal (“everywhere”), German Low German overall, överall (“everywhere; all over”), German überall (“all over; everywhere”), Danish overalt (“everywhere”), Swedish överallt (“everywhere; overall”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) (adjective, adverb) IPA^(key): /???v?????l/
• (UK) (noun) IPA^(key): /???v????l/
• (US) (adjective, adverb) IPA^(key): /?o?v???l/
• (US) (noun) IPA^(key): /?o?v??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Adjective

overall (comparative more overall, superlative most overall)

1. All-encompassing, all around.

Synonyms

• big, entire, total, whole; see also Thesaurus:entire
• exhaustive, thorough; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive

Translations

Adverb

overall (not comparable)

1. Generally; with everything considered.

Synonyms

• all things considered; see also Thesaurus:mostly

Translations

Noun

overall (plural overalls)

1. (Britain) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
2. (in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

Synonyms

• overslop
• slop

Translations

Further reading

• overall in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• overall in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• all over, all-over, allover, valerol

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English overall, from over + all.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v??ro?l/, /?v??ral/, /?v??ro?l/, /?v??ral/

Noun

overall c

1. a coverall

Declension

References

• overall in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

English

Noun

shole (plural sholes)

1. Obsolete form of shoal.
2. A plank fixed beneath an object, such as the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from damage.

Anagrams

• Hoels, Lohse, Olesh, Sheol, helos, holes, hosel, olehs

Middle English

Noun

shole

1. Alternative form of schovel