samp
/samp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "1675, The Captivity of Mary Rowlandson, included in The Portable North American Indian Reader, New York: Penguin Books, 1977, page 341, I asked him to give me a little of his Broth, or Water they [Horses feet] were boiling in; he took a dish, and gave me one spoonful of Samp, and bid me take as much of the Broth as I would."
- "The meal, coarse or fine, is then used for samps, mushes, or batters, and cakes, thick or thin, and of many varieties and degrees of wholesomeness."
- "'You kids have everything but you don't appreciate it. Mom must cook you beans and samps. Do you hear? Just beans and samps. That's all. Beans and samps.'"
- "We remained in class until 12.45, and then had a lunch of samp, sour milk and beans, seldom meat."
- "Abigail taught her the use of the samp mortar. Samp was corn broken into coarse grains and boiled as porridge."
- "In the area of cuisine, the Xhosa have contributed many corn recipes, most famously samp and beans (umngqusho)."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Samp
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /samp/
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable