ling
/lɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish."
- "I was sitting by a path on a tussock between some bushes, whence I could overlook the path and a little valley to which it led down, and where nothing but ling and heather grew."
- "Partridges, enjoying their last weeks of security, rose whirring and clattering from among the ling."
Etymology
From Middle English lenge, of Germanic origin. Cognate with Old Norse langa. Probably related to long.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /lɪŋ/
- British English: /lɪŋ/