Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bavin

/ˈbæ.vɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: bavin
IPA: /ˈbæ.vɪn/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.

Archaic; Countable

noun

A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.

Archaic; Countable

noun

Impure limestone.

British usage; Uncountable

verb

To bundle and bind wood into bavins.

Archaic

adj

Made of firewood or kindling.

Example Sentences

"[…]that hot love is soon cold: that the bavin, though it burn bright, is but a blaze: that scalding water, it if stand awhile, turneth almost to ice[…]"
"The concretions […] are called 'bavin,' the shale associated with them being termed 'rotch.'"
"The skipping King, he ambled up and down, / With shallow jesters, and rash bavin wits, / Soon kindled and soon burnt, carded his state, / Mingled his royalty with capering fools,"

Etymology

Perhaps Old French baffe (“a faggot”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: baffe

Usage

Inflected Forms

bavins (plural) bavins (present, singular) bavining (participle, present) bavined (participle, past) bavined (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce bavin?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbæ.vɪn/.
What does bavin mean?: A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.
Where does bavin come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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