Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marram

/ˈmæɹəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: mar-ram
IPA: /ˈmæɹəm/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of murram.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Rather would we compare these marram-tufted, wind-sculptured sand-wastes with the Red Sea litoral and the Egyptian Soudan, where Osman Digna led British troops memorable dances in the ‘nineties—alike both in their physical aspect and in their climate, red-hot by day, yet apt to be deadly chilly after sundown."
"He circled rapidly, stopped, swerved, and, at the canter, took up another scent. Suddenly, in a tussock of marram, his nose and he stopped dead."

Etymology

From Old Norse maralmr, a compound of marr (“sea”) and halmr (“straw, reed”).

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: maralmr

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

marrams (plural)

Synonyms

beachgrass marram grass matgrass sea reed

Questions

How do you pronounce marram?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmæɹəm/.
What does marram mean?: Ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches.
Where does marram come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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