Definitions for almanac

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almanac al·ma·nac

Spelling: [awl-muh-nak]

IPA: /ˈɔl məˌnæk/

Almanac is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in almanac (aaaclmn).

Definitions for almanac

noun

1. an annual publication containing a calendar for the coming year, the times of such events and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and other statistical information and related topics.
2. a publication containing astronomical or meteorological information, usually including future positions of celestial objects, star magnitudes, and culmination dates of constellations.
3. an annual reference book of useful and interesting facts relating to countries of the world, sports, entertainment, etc.

Origin of almanac

1350-1400; Middle English almenak Medieval Latin almanach Spanish Arabic al the + manākh calendar

Examples for almanac

I could as soon compose an almanac as and a clue to this puzzle.

Citoyenne, just cast your eye over your almanac, and you'll get the hang of it.

I must positively get an almanac, papa, or I shall make confusion in my dates.

Malkiel the First, who founded the almanac, lay perdew all his life.

Kornacki, on the other hand, appears to be far more comfortable with the kind of arcana found in The almanac of American Politics.

He showed me an almanac, which had a great circulation in the district.

The almanac also tells us it would be a good time to perform demolitions, if you had any of those planned.

He should bring an almanac with him to know when the days go by.

In 1788 a ballad in an almanac brought the custom into popular ridicule.

He took the almanac from Timothy Turtle and they both sat down.