Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water butt

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter butt
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An open-ended barrel used to contain rainwater; a rain barrel

Example Sentences

"It would have been better, as it turned out, to have led gently up to this announcement, for Mrs. Micawber, being in a delicate state of health, was overcome by it, and was taken so unwell, that Mr. Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to the water-butt in the backyard, and draw a basinful to lave her brow with."
"The house was silent save for the wind outside, and the noisy trickling and splattering of water in the water-butts."
"Trumpkin went to a flat stone about the size of the top of a water-butt, and stamped on it with his foot."

Inflected Forms

water butts (plural) water-butt (alternative) waterbutt (alternative)

Questions

What does water butt mean?: An open-ended barrel used to contain rainwater; a rain barrel

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