through draught
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "The same cannot be said of the bedroom; but condemnation of a bedroom for want of through draught on that floor would fall on some of the bedrooms in almost every large house in the country ."
- "Bring it into a room of moderate temperature, or stand it in a through draught of dry air until the moisture evaporates; and should any stain be left, make sure that the mirror is absolutely dry before attempting to polish it off."
- "Similar conditions are familiar in Norway in old mine-workings that have been closed, so that there is no longer a through draught; ice may be found in them all the year round."
- "The latter requires a through draught. If there was originally a gap between postholes 92868 and 92688 then this, combined with the entirely open southeastern end, may have provided the required draught."