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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orphan house

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables
or-phan -house
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An orphanage.

noun

Residential dwellings that have no direct vehicular road access and can only be reached via the city’s extensive, steep public stairways; often dating from the early 1900s.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

orphan houses (plural) orphaned house (alternative)

Questions

What does orphan house mean?
An orphanage.

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