Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balmyard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: balm-yard
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place where obeah and related healing rituals are performed.

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole balmyard. Equivalent to balm + yard.

Inflected Forms

balmyards (plural) balm yard (alternative)

Questions

What does balmyard mean?: A place where obeah and related healing rituals are performed.
Where does balmyard come from?: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole balmyard. Equivalent to balm + yard.

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