Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stops and smells the roses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
stop-s and s-mell-s the ros-es
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does stops and smells the roses mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of stop and smell the roses

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