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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waterpot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter-pot
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pot or jug for holding water.

Etymology

From Middle English waterpot, waterpott, water pott, watyrpotte, equivalent to water + pot. Cognate with West Frisian wetterpot (“waterpot”), Dutch waterpot (“waterpot”). Compare also German Wassertopf (“waterpot”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

waterpots (plural) water-pot (alternative)

Derived Forms

waterpotful

Questions

What does waterpot mean?
A pot or jug for holding water.
Where does waterpot come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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