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Showing words for CALTROP using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Caltrop

caltrop, proctal

6 Letter Words for Caltrop

captor, carlot, cartop, copart, crotal, patrol, portal, tropal

5 Letter Words for Caltrop

actor, aport, calor, capot, carlo, carol, carot, clapt, claro, clart, coapt, coart, colat, copal, copra, coral, corpl, corta, croat, lacto, latro, octal, parol, parto, plato, ploat, polar, poral, porta, proal, rocta, rotal, taroc, tlaco, tolar, toral, troca

4 Letter Words for Caltrop

acop, acor, acpt, alco, alop, alto, arco, atoc, atop, calo, calp, capo, capt, carl, carp, cart, clap, clar, clat, clop, clot, coal, coat, cola, colp, colt, copa, copr, copt, cora, corp, cort, crap, crop, ctrl, loca, lora, lota, octa, opal, oral, orca, paco, pact, palt, parc, parl, part, pato, plat, plot, polt, porc, port, prao, prat, proa, proc, rapt, rato, rcpt, rota, rotc, rotl, taco, talc, taro, tarp, tola, torc, trac, trap, trop

3 Letter Words for Caltrop

act, alc, alo, alp, alt, aor, apc, apl, apr, apt, arc, art, atp, cal, cap, car, cat, clo, clr, col, cop, cor, cot, cpa, cpl, cpo, cpr, cpt, crl, cro, crt, cto, ctr, lac, lao, lap, lar, lat, lca, loa, loc, lop, lor, lot, ltr, oar, oat, oca, oct, ola, olp, opa, opt, ora, orc, orl, ort, otc, pac, pal, par, pat, pct, poa, pol, por, pot, prc, pro, pta, rap, rat, rct, roc, rot, rpt, tal, tao, tap, tar, tcp, tlc, tlo, tlr, toa, toc, tol, top, tor, tra, trp

Definitions for Caltrop

[1] any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
[2] an iron ball with four projecting spikes so disposed that when the ball is on the ground one of them always points upward: used to obstruct the passage of cavalry, armored vehicles, etc.
[3] any tropical or subtropical plant of the zygophyllaceous genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia that have spiny burs or bracts
[4] water caltrop another name for water chestnut (def. 1)
[5] another name for the star thistle
[6] military a four-spiked iron ball or four joined spikes laid upon the ground as a device to lame cavalry horses, puncture tyres, etc

Words nearby Caltrop

calpers, calpurnia, calque, caltanissetta, caltech, caltrop, caltrop family, calumet, calumet city, calumniate, calumnious

Origin of Caltrop

before 1000; Middle English calketrappe, Old English calcatrippe, colte-træppe, equivalent to calce- (< Latin calci-, stem of calx spur, heel) + træppe trap1

Word origin for Caltrop

Old English calcatrippe (the plant), from Medieval Latin calcatrippa, probably from Latin calx heel + trippa trap 1