Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back gray

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: back- gray
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of the print cloth.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

back grays (plural)

Questions

What does back gray mean?: A piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of the print cloth.

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