Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moori

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: moori
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Indian usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Women had entered the rice and moori (puffed rice) business and set up shops for the first time, enabled by loans from the SHGs."
"Then, she filled a smaller tin with the fresh moori and gave it to Felänee, saying, “Give this to your little fellow.”"
"Soon he gave up coolieing and started selling moori, carrying a large sack of puffed rice through the streets of Calcutta, shouting ‘moori…moori’ and watching for windows to open and housewives to beckon him up musty building stairs […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

muri (alternative)

Questions

What does moori mean?: Puffed rice.

How to pronounce moori

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