Definitions for bloater

bloater bloat·er

Spelling: [bloh-ter]
IPA: /ˈbloʊ tər/

Bloater is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in bloater (abelort).

Definitions for bloater

noun

  1. a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
  2. a mackerel similarly cured.
  3. a freshwater cisco, Coregonus hoyi, found in the Great Lakes.

Origin of bloater

1825-35; bloat (adj.) + -er1

Examples for bloater

The bloater cut the cord that bound Phil Sparks, and darted from the room.

The bloater attempted to move off, but one of the policemen detained him.

The former is applied to the fire, which gently smokes the Yarmouth bloater.

But the bloater and Little Jim were not thus to be got rid of.

bloater's a penny, bread a 'a'peny, cawfy a penny, cake a penny.

The bloater was left to waste its sweetness on the morning air.

Here the bloater laid his hand on his heart and made a courtly bow.

The bloater and Little Jim were also there, hanging about the door.

She stands high on her legs; and her wings have black tips, the rest being yellow, as though exposed to smoke, like a bloater.

Wirtoo,” observed the bloater, sententiously, “is its own reward.

Word Value for bloater
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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