strangles
/ˈstɹæŋɡəlz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth."
- "Modern man, wherever he goes, plants the seeds of disaster among all things primitive. His horses and cattle carry ticks and strangles and pleurisy; his sheep carry pest seed[.]"
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstɹæŋɡəlz/
- British English: /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lz/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.