Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ballow

/ˈbæ.ləʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: bal-low
IPA: /ˈbæ.ləʊ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Round; pot-bellied.

Obsolete

noun

Deep water inside a shoal or bar.

name

Example Sentences

"A horse of greater speed, nor yet a righter hound, Not any where twixt Kent and Calidon is found. Nor yet the levell South can shewe a smoother Race, Whereas the ballow Nag out-strips the winds in chase;"

Etymology

From Middle English balowe, balwe, balgh, from Old English bælg, bæliġ (“bag, purse, leathern bottle, pair of bellows, pod, husk”), from Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”). Doublet of belly, bellows, and bulge.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: balowe, bælg, *balgiz

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more ballow (comparative) most ballow (superlative) ballows (plural)

Rhymes With

shallow palo gallo callow tallow mallow hallow cavallo ballo gallow rallo barbagallo

Questions

How do you pronounce ballow?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbæ.ləʊ/.
What does ballow mean?: Round; pot-bellied.
Where does ballow come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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