Get to know Dowser better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like diviner or stick. In Dutch this translates to wichelroedeloper.
Dowser meaning
- A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.
- One who uses the dowser or divining rod. A diviner.
Synonyms of Dowser
Dowser vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Dowser
- The main meaning on this page is: A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod. | One who uses the dowser or divining rod. A diviner.
- Useful related words include: water witch, rhabdomancer, diviner, divining rod.
- Possible Dutch translations are: wichelroedeloper.
Context around Dowser
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dowser
- In this selection, "dowser" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include floor each dowser was asked and of a dowser with forked. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dowser" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dowser
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On the upper floor each dowser was asked to determine the position of the pipe. (15 words)
The dowser then walks slowly over the places where he suspects the target (for example, minerals or water) may be, and the dowsing rod dips, inclines or twitches when a discovery is made. (33 words)
Decem praecepta Wittenbergensi populo praedicta, Martin Luther The 1550 edition of Sebastian Münster 's Cosmographia contains a woodcut of a dowser with forked rod in hand walking over a cutaway image of a mining operation. (35 words)
Decem praecepta Wittenbergensi populo praedicta, Martin Luther The 1550 edition of Sebastian Münster 's Cosmographia contains a woodcut of a dowser with forked rod in hand walking over a cutaway image of a mining operation. (35 words)
The dowser then walks slowly over the places where he suspects the target (for example, minerals or water) may be, and the dowsing rod dips, inclines or twitches when a discovery is made. (33 words)
On the upper floor each dowser was asked to determine the position of the pipe. (15 words)
Example sentences (3)
Decem praecepta Wittenbergensi populo praedicta, Martin Luther The 1550 edition of Sebastian Münster 's Cosmographia contains a woodcut of a dowser with forked rod in hand walking over a cutaway image of a mining operation.
On the upper floor each dowser was asked to determine the position of the pipe.
The dowser then walks slowly over the places where he suspects the target (for example, minerals or water) may be, and the dowsing rod dips, inclines or twitches when a discovery is made.