Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regrowth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: re-growth
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which has been regrown after removal.

Uncountable

noun

The process of regrowing.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"After the forest fire, much of the regrowth consisted of invasive non-native plant species."
"Shami says older adults don’t get looksmaxxing. There has been much hand-wringing in the media over “bone smashing”, for example, an extreme technique that involves taking a hammer to your face to promote more “manly” regrowth when the bones repair, but little evidence that anyone is actually doing it."
"The eventual regrowth of the forest to its primeval state will take centuries, if not millennia."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English growth English regrowth From re- + growth.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

regrowths (plural)

Questions

What does regrowth mean?: That which has been regrown after removal.
Where does regrowth come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English growth English regrowth From re- + growth.

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