Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

try pot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables
try pot
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large pot used to remove and render the oil from blubber obtained from cetaceans (such as whales and dolphins), from pinnipeds (such as walruses and seals), and (historically, to a lesser extent) from penguins.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From try (“to extract oil from whale blubber”) + pot.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

try pots (plural) trypot (alternative) try-pot (alternative)

Questions

What does try pot mean?
A large pot used to remove and render the oil from blubber obtained from cetaceans (such as whales and dolphins), from pinnipeds (such as walruses and seals), and (historically, to a lesser extent) from penguins.
Where does try pot come from?
From try (“to extract oil from whale blubber”) + pot.

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