Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splayed

/spleɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: splayed
IPA: /spleɪd/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be larger on one side of the wall than on the other.

adj

verb

simple past and past participle of splay

Example Sentences

"a splayed door frame"

Etymology

From splay + -ed.

Derived Forms

unsplayed

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce splayed?: The recorded pronunciation is /spleɪd/.
What does splayed mean?: Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be larger on one side of the wall than on the other.
Where does splayed come from?: From splay + -ed.

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