Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knifegrinder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
knife-grinder
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One whose trade is the sharpening of knives on a grindstone.

Etymology

From knife + grinder.

Inflected Forms

knifegrinders (plural) knife-grinder (alternative)

Questions

What does knifegrinder mean?
One whose trade is the sharpening of knives on a grindstone.
Where does knifegrinder come from?
From knife + grinder.

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