row
/ɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
noun
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
noun
A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
Example Sentences
- "And there were windows in three rows."
- "The bright seraphim in burning row."
- "Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands."
- "Vyreen had just finished braiding my hair, and his call had caught me coming out of her crib with my 'rows looking tight."
- "If you thought it'd be hard to get a good cornrow braiding in Latvia, think again. Porzingis said he was re-braided almost every week to keep his rows fresh."
- "to row the captain ashore in his barge"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreyk- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *Hréykō Proto-Germanic *rīgǭder. Proto-Germanic *raigwō Proto-Germanic *raiwō Proto-West Germanic *raiwu Old English rǣw Middle English rewe English row From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *rīgǭ (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹoʊ/
- British English: /ɹəʊ/