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Is gimbal a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gimbal is a Scrabble US word. The word gimbal is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is gimbal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gimbal is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

GIMBAL,

5-letter words (1 found)

LIMBA,

4-letter words (19 found)

BAIL,BALM,BIGA,BIMA,BLAG,BLAM,GAMB,GILA,GLAM,GLIA,GLIB,GLIM,IAMB,LAMB,LIMA,LIMB,MAGI,MAIL,MALI,

3-letter words (22 found)

AIL,AIM,ALB,AMI,BAG,BAL,BAM,BIG,GAB,GAL,GAM,GIB,LAB,LAG,LAM,LIB,LIG,MAG,MAL,MIB,MIG,MIL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AG,AI,AL,AM,BA,BI,GI,LA,LI,MA,MI,

You can make 55 words from gimbal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gimbal

gimbal

Etymology

Alteration of gemel, from Old French gemel, jumel (“twin”) (French jumeau), from Latin gemellus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪmbəl/, /ˈɡɪmbəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmbəl
  • Homophone: gimble

Noun

gimbal (plural gimbals)

  1. A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
    • 1934, A. E. W. Mason, “The Chronometer,” Chapter II, in Dilemmas, London: Hodder & Stoughton,[2]
      He lifted the chronometer off the gimbals on which it was slung in the mahogany case and showed the number engraved upon the bottom.

Derived terms

  • gimbal lock

Translations

Verb

gimbal (third-person singular simple present gimbals, present participle gimballing or gimbaling, simple past and past participle gimballed or gimbaled)

  1. (transitive) To suspend using a gimbal or gimbals.
    • 1918, Richard Dehan (Clotilde Graves), That Which Hath Wings, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Chapter 32,[3]
      […] he conned his course in masterly fashion by aid of the roller-map, protected by its transparent, rainproof casing, or the compass, clock, altimeter, and other instruments gimballed in the wooden frame in front of the pilot’s seat.
  2. (transitive, aerospace) To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments.
  3. (intransitive) To swivel, move on an axis.

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡimˈbal/, [ɡɪmˈbal]
  • Hyphenation: gim‧bal

Noun

gimbál (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)

  1. great noise; resounding noise
  2. great confusion; great disturbance (caused by loud sounds or noises)
  3. kettledrum

Derived terms

Adjective

gimbál (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)

  1. greatly disturbed (by loud noises)

Source: wiktionary.org