honda
A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
Noun 2 meanings
A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.
Etymology
Probably from Spanish honda, fonda (“sling”), from Latin funda (“hand-sling”); or from Spanish hondón (“eye of a needle”), from hondo (“bottom; deep, profound”) (from Latin fundus (“bottom, lowest part”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”)) + -ón (augmentative suffix).
HONDA at a glance
HONDA has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + N 1 + D 2 + A 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,922 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with honda
All rhymes- KINDA10
- AGENDA8
- PROPAGANDA16
- PANDA8
- BANDA8
- FONDA9
- ANACONDA11
- VERANDA11
- HACIENDA14
- ROTUNDA8
- WAKANDA15
- ANANDA7
One letter away
- FONDA9
- ZONDA15
- HONDS9
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