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beadhook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bead-hook
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of boathook.

Etymology

From Middle English bedocke, *bedhoke, from Old English *beaduhōc (“battle-hook”), from Old English beadu (“battle”) + hōc (“hook”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: bedocke, *beaduhōc, beadu

Inflected Forms

beadhooks (plural) beedhook (alternative) bidhook (alternative)

Questions

What does beadhook mean?
A kind of boathook.
Where does beadhook come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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