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brasque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
brasque
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mixture of charcoal, clay, etc. used in smelting.

Uncountable

Etymology

From French brasque, from Vulgar Latin *brasica, from Proto-West Germanic *brasa, from Proto-Germanic *brasō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, crack”); Related to Proto-Germanic *brestaną. Or, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, boil”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: brasque, *brasica, *brasa, *brasō, *bʰres-

Usage

Inflected Forms

brasques (plural)

Synonyms

steep

Questions

What does brasque mean?
A mixture of charcoal, clay, etc. used in smelting.
Where does brasque come from?
It is traced to French.

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