gate
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When gate helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A E G T
Two-Letter Start
GA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
TE
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- GA start
- TE ending
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- gate is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, e, g, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- The TE ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the GA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A doorlike structure outside a house.
noun
Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
noun
Movable barrier.
"The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed."
noun
A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
noun
The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
"Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out."
noun
The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
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(flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
noun
Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
noun
The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
noun
In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
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The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.
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The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
noun
A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
noun
A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
verb
To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
verb
To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
verb
To open a closed ion channel.
verb
To furnish with a gate.
verb
To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.
noun
A way, path.
noun
A journey.
noun
A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
noun
Manner; gait.