Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sugarhouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
sug-ar-house
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.

noun

A small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maples is boiled into maple syrup.

Canadian usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English sugarhouse From sugar + house.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sugarhouses (plural) sugar house (alternative) sugar-house (alternative)

Phrases

sugar-house molasses

Synonyms

sugar shack sugar shanty

Questions

What does sugarhouse mean?
A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.
Where does sugarhouse come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English sugarhouse From sugar + house.

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