Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

woven

/ˈwoʊ.vən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: wo-ven
IPA: /ˈwoʊ.vən/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fabricated by weaving.

adj

noun

A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.

verb

past participle of weave

Example Sentences

"Woven kevlar is tough enough to be bulletproof."
"The woven words of the sonnet were deep and moving."
"A factory that makes cotton and other wovens."
"The spider had woven her web on a corner of the attic."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwoʊ.vən/
British English: /ˈwəʊ.vən/

Inflected Forms

wovens (plural)

Derived Forms

bewoven biwoven handwoven nonwoven uniwoven

Phrases

plain-woven

Rhymes With

interwoven govan jovan handwoven hoven villanovan lovan hovan proven beethoven cloven

Questions

How do you pronounce woven?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwoʊ.vən/.
What does woven mean?: Fabricated by weaving.

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