Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nettle-rash

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: net-tle-rash
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Poor kids. Only troubles wildfire and nettlerash."
"They and their relatives ate peanuts till they were covered in nettle-rash."
"His skin was covered with little bumps as though from a nettle rash. I looked for the tick he had flung away. It was black and swollen from old blood and it seemed clear that this infected blood had got into the wound and caused acute blood poisoning."
"His colour is changing now, he does not have to look in the mirror, it's like a nettle-rash rising, scalding, scalding."

Usage

Inflected Forms

nettle-rashes (plural)

Phrases

nettle-rashed

Synonyms

hives urticaria

Questions

What does nettle-rash mean?: Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.

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