Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

o'erhead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: o'er-head
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Contraction of overhead.

Example Sentences

"And that very night, as we lay packed tight in our robes beneath the snow, / And the dogs were fed, and the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe..."

Inflected Forms

more o'erhead (comparative) most o'erhead (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

o'er

Questions

What does o'erhead mean?: Contraction of overhead.

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