Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

longgrass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: long-grass
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Grasses that have been allowed to grow very high or that are from a species that grows very high.

Uncountable

noun

An area around Darwin, Australia populated by homeless indigenous people.

Colloquial; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Experiments with veld fires in the longgrass-veld without grazing, once again revealed the undesirability of the practice of early burning and the extremely injurious effect of autumn fire."
"He had finished long hours of grueling exercise cutting longgrass by hand."
"She found him lying in the longgrass of the meadow, staring at the night sky filled with the flickering brightness of ten thousand souls."
"There has been no detailed analysis of statistics regarding the particular impact of 'quality of life' laws on longgrass people living in and around Darwin."
"Stella had spent many hours sitting with and acting in support of Indigenous families living in the "longgrass" around the urban centre of Darwin."
"Specifically, the 'warriors' the song is about are people from the Maningrida songwriter's extended family who come to the longgrass in Darwin and get into drunken fights at the Tiwi shops."

Etymology

From long + grass.

Usage

Phrases

long-grasser

Questions

What does longgrass mean?: Grasses that have been allowed to grow very high or that are from a species that grows very high.
Where does longgrass come from?: From long + grass.

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