Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: be-dan
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of woodturning tool consisting of a bar with a single bevel.

Etymology

French bédane

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: bédane

Inflected Forms

bedans (plural)

Questions

What does bedan mean?: A kind of woodturning tool consisting of a bar with a single bevel.
Where does bedan come from?: It is traced to French.

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