Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dall

/dˈɔl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: dall
IPA: /dˈɔl/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tile with an incised surface.

name

A lake in Alaska.

name

The Dall River in British Columbia.

name

A surname. For example, William Healey Dall.

Example Sentences

"[…] for such machine-made slate "dalls," or tiles, as perhaps we might call them, would soon be valued by the architect and builder for the roofs of many other classes of buildings as well as ecclesiastical ones."
"[…] tiling. Thus arose those admirable roofs known in France as "en dallage," of which one most instructive example to both engineer and architect may be seen in those of the clerestory roofs of Nôtre Dame at Paris. The "dalls" being hand wrought[…]"

Etymology

Compare French dalle, dallage.

Inflected Forms

dalls (plural)

Phrases

Dall sheep Dall's porpoise

Frequently Paired Words

dalls

Homonyms

daul

Rhymes With

all small call fall lol wall ball paul hall baseball tall mall

Questions

How do you pronounce dall?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɔl/.
What does dall mean?: A tile with an incised surface.
Where does dall come from?: Compare French dalle, dallage.

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