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calefactory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cale-fac-to-ry
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

warming

noun

The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.

noun

A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands

Etymology

* Borrowed from Latin calefactorius.

Inflected Forms

more calefactory (comparative) most calefactory (superlative) calefactories (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

calefaction calefactor

Synonyms

common house warming house warming room pisalis pyrale calefactive

Rhymes With

factory satisfactory unsatisfactory olfactory refractory manufactory phylactery lactary charactery actory enactory

Questions

What does calefactory mean?
warming
Where does calefactory come from?
* Borrowed from Latin calefactorius.

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