Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black-house

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.27 in modern English

Syllables: black---house
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional house, in some parts of Scotland, having drystone walls and a turf roof.

Inflected Forms

black-houses (plural) blackhouse (alternative) black house (alternative)

Questions

What does black-house mean?: A traditional house, in some parts of Scotland, having drystone walls and a turf roof.

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