grey matter
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.43 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""I'd better be putting my grey matter into that algebra instead of wasting it plotting for a party dress that I certainly can't get.""
- ""Inspector Pepys!" gasped Bernard Megger, swallowing between the words, "I shall remember you!" "You will be wasting grey matter!" replied the man."
- "How many phone numbers are stored in your grey matter?"
- "He fell from the 5th floor. There is grey matter on the path behind his head. I'm afraid he's dead."