vulture
/ˈvʌlt͡ʃɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
Example Sentences
- "The outer third of the wing of a vulture consists of the wing tips. The inner two-thirds of the wing are cambered (when the wing is extended), and are concerned with lifting effort in unsoarable air and with lifting and tractive effort in soarable air."
- "In clusters on the plain, like cowlless monks at matins, sat the vultures that had settled on the corpse of the hyena impaled by the female rhino […]"
- "Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits."
- "Rudy vultured when asking the girl out."
- "Whose vultur thought doth pitch the price so hie, That she will draw his lips rich treasure drie."
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur. Displaced native Old English ūf.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, vultur, voutoir
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvʌlt͡ʃɚ/
- British English: /ˈvʌltʃə/