Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

broider

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: broi-der
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[T]wenty yeomen, two and two, / In hosen black, and jerkins blue, / With falcons broider'd on each breast, / Attended on their lord's behest."
"‘When I was a little child [...] the cardinal brought me a doll. It was an image of myself, in a robe all broidered over with the arms of England and France.’"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

broiders (present, singular) broidering (participle, present) broidered (participle, past) broidered (past)

Derived Forms

broiderer

Synonyms

embroider

Rhymes With

embroider avoider voider moider

Questions

What does broider mean?: To embroider.

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