pow
[pəʉ]
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
noun
Alternative letter-case form of PoW (“proof of work”).
noun
Alternative form of poll.
Example Sentences
- "After his capture, he was taken to a camp for POWs."
- "Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights."
- "Pow, they took off."
- "‘Pow-pow-pow...’ Monte drew and slaughtered the besiegers."
- "he'd snuffle round the door till the few remaining hairs on the bald pow of Munro would fair rise on end."
- "With PoW, as new, unverified transactions become available or broadcast to the entire blockchain network, each node that maintains a copy of the ledger (also known as a “miner”) verifies a set of those transactions to prevent so called “double spending”."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 包, 傅
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [pəʉ]
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P.O.W.
PoW