Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thornery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thornery
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plantation of thorny plants.

Dated

Example Sentences

"An acre laid out as a thornery would form an interesting episode to the general scenery of a pleasure-ground."

Etymology

From thorn + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thorn

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

thorneries (plural)

Questions

What does thornery mean?: A plantation of thorny plants.
Where does thornery come from?: From thorn + -ery.

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