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Showing words for CAPSTAN using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Capstan

capstan, captans, catnaps

6 Letter Words for Capstan

captan, catnap, pantas, tacans

5 Letter Words for Capstan

acast, antas, apast, ascan, aspca, ataps, canap, canst, cants, capas, capsa, catan, napas, nasat, pacas, pacta, pacts, pants, pasan, pasta, patas, sanct, santa, sapan, satan, scant, scapa, tacan, tanas, tapas

4 Letter Words for Capstan

acpt, acta, acts, anas, anat, ansa, anta, ants, apts, asap, asta, atap, cans, cant, capa, caps, capt, casa, cast, cats, napa, naps, nasa, nast, nats, paas, paca, pacs, pact, pana, pans, pant, past, pata, pats, sana, sant, sapa, sata, scan, scap, scat, snap, span, spat, stap, tana, tans, tapa, taps

3 Letter Words for Capstan

aas, act, ana, anc, ans, ant, apa, apc, apt, asp, ast, atp, can, cap, cat, cns, cpa, cps, cpt, csp, cst, ctn, cts, naa, nap, nas, nat, pac, pan, pas, pat, pct, pst, pta, pts, saa, sac, san, sap, sat, sct, spa, spt, sta, taa, tan, tap, tas, tcp, tps, tsp

Definitions for Capstan

[1] any of various windlasses, rotated in a horizontal plane by hand or machinery, for winding in ropes, cables, etc.
[2] a rotating spindle or shaft, powered by an electric motor, that transports magnetic tape past the heads of a tape recorder at a constant speed.
[3] a machine with a drum that rotates round a vertical spindle and is turned by a motor or lever, used for hauling in heavy ropes, etc
[4] any similar device, such as the rotating shaft in a tape recorder that pulls the tape past the head

Words nearby Capstan

capsian, capsicum, capsid, capsize, capsomere, capstan, capstan bar, capstan lathe, capstan table, capstone, capsula

Origin of Capstan

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French cabestan(t ) < Old Provençal cabestan, variant of cabestran, presumably present participle of *cabest(r)ar, a verbal derivative of cabestre halter < Latin capistrum

Word origin for Capstan

C14: from Old Provençal cabestan, from Latin capistrum a halter, from capere to seize