Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

locking the stable door after the horse has been stolen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
lock-ing the stable -door after the horse has been s-tolen
IPA
73
Scrabble Score
46
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen

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What does locking the stable door after the horse has been stolen mean?
present participle and gerund of lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen

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