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penistone

/pɛnɪstən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
peni-s-tone
IPA
/pɛnɪstən/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coarse woolen material or frieze, used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

name

A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2403).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the village of Penistone in Yorkshire, England.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

penistones (plural) peniston (alternative) peneston (alternative) pennistone (alternative) pennystone (alternative)

Synonyms

forest whites

Questions

How do you pronounce penistone?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɛnɪstən/.
What does penistone mean?
A coarse woolen material or frieze, used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Where does penistone come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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