Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sentine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sen-tine
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"This alonely I can say grossly, and as in a sum, of the which all we (our hurt is the more) have experience, the devil to be a stinking sentine of all vices; a foul filthy channel of all mischiefs; […]"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sentina (“bilge water, hold of a ship, dregs”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

sentines (plural)

Questions

What does sentine mean?: A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.
Where does sentine come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin sentina (“bilge water, hold of a ship, dregs”).

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