Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in-calf

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: in---calf
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a cow: pregnant.

Example Sentences

"Comprising eleven calved and in-calf cows and heifers, three barren cows, […] fifteen in-lamb ewes and theaves, […] yearling draught colt and filly, pony, yearling fummel, mare ass in-foal to a pony, two waggons, […]"
"Twelve useful in-calf Short-horned Dairy Cows, eleven in-calf Heifers, eleven Stirks, […] half-bred Filly by Spotswood, Fummel, 50 inlamb Leicester Ewes, 20 Ewe Hogs, […] about 5 Acres of White Turnips to be sold in lots, […]"

Inflected Forms

incalf (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

in calf in-foal in-lamb

Synonyms

with calf

Questions

What does in-calf mean?: Of a cow: pregnant.

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