blacksmith
/ˈblæk.smɪθ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname originating as an occupation.
Example Sentences
- "The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases."
- "Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft."
- "Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge."