Definitions for mastiff

mastiff mas·tiff

Spelling: [mas-tif, mah-stif]
IPA: /ˈmæs tɪf, ˈmɑ stɪf/

Mastiff is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in mastiff (affimst).

Definitions for mastiff

noun

  1. one of a breed of large, powerful, short-haired dogs having an apricot, fawn, or brindled coat.

Origin of mastiff

1300-50; Middle English mastif, perhaps extracted from Anglo-French masti(n)s (taken as *mastifs), plural of Old French mastin Vulgar Latin (canis) *ma(n)suētīnus, derivative of Latin mansuēt

Examples for mastiff

In size, the largest does not exceed the dimensions of an English mastiff.

Ramiro looked at his interlocutor, as the mastiff may look at the lap dog.

She cared so little for him, by the way, that she called him her "mastiff."

The man spoke to the mastiff, who at once flew at the spaniel, and shook him thoroughly.

The piece which the mastiff had torn from his hose did not discourage Boxtel.

Look at the race and dray-horse, or at the greyhound and mastiff.

Tiney did the barking, while his defender caught the mastiff, and whipped him severely.

The "mastiff" epithet stuck like a barb in my boyish chivalry.

He was very wayward at times, but always faithful as a mastiff dog to me.

The enmity between the lapdog and the mastiff is an old story.

Word Value for mastiff
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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