Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passed down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables
passed -down
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does passed down mean?
simple past and past participle of pass down

How to pronounce passed down

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