rope
/ɹoʊp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
Uncountable
noun
A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers."
- "The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes."
- "All at once, let’s heave on the rope!"
- "The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée."
- "Jimmy began to scream and ropes of spit shot from his mouth."
- "The principle of any such device should be to pull on the vessel by a rope of water passing in at the bow and out at the stern."
Etymology
From Middle English rop, rope, from Old English rāp (“rope, cord, cable”), from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raipą (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roypnós (“strap, band, rope”), from *h₁reyp- (“to peel off, tear; border, edge, strip”). Cognates Cognate with Scots rape, raip (“rope”), Saterland Frisian Roop (“rope”), West Frisian reap (“rope, cord”), Dutch roop, reep (“rope, cord, ring, strip, bar”), German Low German Reep (“rope”), German Reif (“ring, hoop”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish rep (“rope”), Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk reip (“rope”), Danish reb (“rope”), Icelandic reipi (“rope”), Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹoʊp/
- British English: /ɹəʊp/