blacken
/ˈblækən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.25 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff."
- "The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: blaknen
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
blackened crust
black color