Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arrested decay

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: ar-rest-ed de-cay
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

State of preservation where no attempt is made to improve a ruin, but rather to keep it from deteriorating any further.

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see arrested, decay.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does arrested decay mean?: State of preservation where no attempt is made to improve a ruin, but rather to keep it from deteriorating any further.

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