Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yerb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yerb
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pronunciation spelling of herb.

Example Sentences

""At the same time we got a yerb" (such was his pronunciation) "on the hills, which some call lion-heart, and others snake-head.""
"When he ventured to sneeze, Mrs. Roxby compounded and administered a "yerb tea," a sovereign remedy against colds, which he tasted on compulsion and in great doubt, and swallowed with alacrity and confidence, finding its basis the easily recognizable "toddy.""
"The ancients, by which I mean the Greeks, set amazin' store by the yerb."

Inflected Forms

yerbs (plural)

Questions

What does yerb mean?: Pronunciation spelling of herb.

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