Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cropbound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crop-bound
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the crop (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract) clogged up, as by overfeeding.

Example Sentences

"Chickens cannot digest coarse or dry grass, and it is likely to cause them to become cropbound."

Etymology

From crop + bound.

Inflected Forms

more cropbound (comparative) most cropbound (superlative)

Questions

What does cropbound mean?: Having the crop (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract) clogged up, as by overfeeding.
Where does cropbound come from?: From crop + bound.

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