Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

broadmoor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: broad-moor
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.

name

A high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.

Example Sentences

"Unusually for a Broadmoor patient, he traveled with another patient being transferred from the same prison, a gentleman called Edmund Dainty, who had killed a fellow patient in the Surrey Asylum."

Etymology

From broad + moor.

Questions

What does broadmoor mean?: A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
Where does broadmoor come from?: From broad + moor.

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