Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cruse

/kɹuːs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: cruse
IPA: /kɹuːs/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.

Archaic

noun

An oil lamp; a crusy.

name

name

An unincorporated community in Clay County, Illinois, United States.

Example Sentences

"With a thought I tooke for Maudline & a cruse of cockle pottage. with a thing thus tall, skie blesse you all: I befell into this dotage."
"He had dipped ungenerously into a generous mother’s purse; basely and recklessly spilt her little cruse."

Etymology

From Middle English crouse, from Old English crūse (“jar, cruse”), from Proto-West Germanic *krūsā, from Proto-Germanic *krūsǭ, *krūsaz (“jar, pot, collar, jug”). Cognate with German Krause (“pot with a lid”), Icelandic krús (“jar, jug”). Merged with Middle English croo (“pot, pitcher”), from Old English crōg (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). More at crock.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: crouse, crūse, *krūsā, *krūsǭ, croo, crōg

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

cruses (plural) cruise (alternative) cruze (alternative, rare)

Phrases

widow's cruse

Homonyms

cruise

Rhymes With

news lose whose choose who's views shoes reviews jews refuse blues cruise

Questions

How do you pronounce cruse?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹuːs/.
What does cruse mean?: A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
Where does cruse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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