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boxley

/bˈɑksli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
box-ley
IPA
/bˈɑksli/
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7758).

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English box (“box-tree”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Boxleys (plural)

Rhymes With

oxley moxley

Questions

How do you pronounce boxley?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɑksli/.
What does boxley mean?
A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7758).
Where does boxley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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