Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weedout

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: weed-out
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A removal of weeds.

Countable

noun

A class that is difficult or requires great effort, and thus may cause less able or less dedicated students to withdraw.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The PPMC Director interviewed for this project stated that his volunteers are frustrated they cannot do more work in the parks besides the cleanups and weedouts."
"a weedout class"
"a weedout course"

Etymology

A deverbal from weed out.

Usage

Inflected Forms

weedouts (plural)

Phrases

clear-out

Frequently Paired Words

cleanout clear-out dropout weeding winnowing

Questions

What does weedout mean?: A removal of weeds.
Where does weedout come from?: A deverbal from weed out.

How to pronounce weedout

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