Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arrastra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-ras-tra
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.

Etymology

Etymology tree Spanish arrastrardeverb. Spanish arrastrebor. English arrastra Borrowed from Spanish arrastre.

Inflected Forms

arrastras (plural) arrastre (alternative) rastra (alternative)

Questions

What does arrastra mean?: A device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.
Where does arrastra come from?: Etymology tree Spanish arrastrardeverb. Spanish arrastrebor. English arrastra Borrowed from Spanish arrastre.

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