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Showing words for SPRAT using the English dictionary
5 Letter Words for Sprat
parts, prats, spart, sprat, strap, tarps, traps
4 Letter Words for Sprat
apts, arts, astr, pars, part, past, pats, prat, raps, rapt, rasp, rast, rats, sart, spar, spat, stap, star, stra, taps, tarp, tars, trap
3 Letter Words for Sprat
apr, apt, ars, art, asp, ast, atp, par, pas, pat, prs, pst, pta, pts, rap, ras, rat, rps, rpt, sap, sar, sat, spa, spt, sta, str, tap, tar, tas, tps, tra, trp, trs, tsp
Definitions for Sprat
[1] a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
[2] a small or inconsequential person or thing.
[3] a small marine food fish, Clupea sprattus, of the NE Atlantic Ocean and North Sea: family Clupeidae (herrings) See also brisling
[4] any of various small or young herrings
Words nearby Sprat
sprague, sprain, sprain fracture, spraint, sprang, sprat, spratly islands, sprattle, sprawl, sprawly, spray
Origin of Sprat
1590–1600; variant of earlier sprot, Middle English, Old English (cognate with German Sprott ); apparently same word as Old English sprott sprout, twig (for the two meanings cf. sprag2); akin to Old English spryttan to sprout
Word origin for Sprat
C16: variant of Old English sprott; related to Middle Low German sprott, Norwegian sprot small rod