Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ungarland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-gar-land
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove garlands from.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Then on a given day, they would go and ungarland the tree, put the garlands on their own heads and walk down to the river. There they would cast the wreaths into the water, again singing a special song."
"Outwardly the first strain of parting was tempered by the arrival of Miss Mellins, Mrs. Hawkins and Johnny, who dropped in to help in the ungarlanding and tidying up of the back room."

Etymology

From un- + garland.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

ungarlands (present, singular) ungarlanding (participle, present) ungarlanded (participle, past) ungarlanded (past)

Questions

What does ungarland mean?: To remove garlands from.
Where does ungarland come from?: From un- + garland.

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