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stroud

/stɹaʊd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
stroud
IPA
/stɹaʊd/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of coarse wool used in blankets or for garment by Native Americans.

name

A surname.

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8505).

name

A local government district of Gloucestershire, formed in 1974, with its headquarters near the town.

name

A village and civil parish west of Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7223).

name

A town in MidCoast council area, New South Wales, Australia.

name

A city in Creek County and Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States.

name

A township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Etymology

The English town is named as La Strode in a document of 1221, though most early records use the spelling Stroud. The Old English name Strōd refers to a "marshy land overgrown with brushwood". The original pronunciation survives in the Kent town of Strood.

Inflected Forms

strouds (plural)

Derived Forms

Stroudsburg

Phrases

Stroud Green Stroud Road

Frequently Paired Words

strouding

Rhymes With

allowed proud crowd loud cloud aloud endowed how'd vowed bowed macleod shroud

Questions

How do you pronounce stroud?
The recorded pronunciation is /stɹaʊd/.
What does stroud mean?
A kind of coarse wool used in blankets or for garment by Native Americans.
Where does stroud come from?
The English town is named as La Strode in a document of 1221, though most early records use the spelling Stroud. The Old English name Strōd refers to a "marshy land overgrown with brushwood". The original pronunciation survives in the Kent town of Strood.

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