Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

open-air museum

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables: open-air -mu-se-um
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A museum where the exhibitions are located outdoors.

Example Sentences

"Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits."
"Engineers from the Tyne & Wear Metro stepped back in time in December, to conduct a safety-critical inspection of the tramway at the open-air Beamish Museum in County Durham."

Inflected Forms

open-air museums (plural)

Questions

What does open-air museum mean?: A museum where the exhibitions are located outdoors.

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