Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kidderminster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: kid-der-min-ster
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of two-ply carpet.

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England, traditionally associated with the cloth trade and the manufacture of carpets (OS grid ref SO8376).

Etymology

From Kidderminster, the English town where they were once manufactured.

Inflected Forms

kidderminsters (plural)

Questions

What does kidderminster mean?: A type of two-ply carpet.
Where does kidderminster come from?: From Kidderminster, the English town where they were once manufactured.

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