Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scotch mist

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: scotch mist
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Something that is hard to find or does not exist.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Something that is hard to find or does not exist.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A drink of Scotch whisky served with ice and lemon peel.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Scotch mist, the R.A.F. term for something imaginary. […] The joke of it is that Scotch mist is as wetting as English rain."

Usage

Inflected Forms

Scotch mists (plural)

Synonyms

wood bedstraw

Questions

What does scotch mist mean?: A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.

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