Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caboshed

/kəˈbɒt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-boshed
IPA: /kəˈbɒt͡ʃ/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shown face-on, showing the full face, but cut off immediately behind the ears and hence showing nothing of the neck.

Etymology

From French caboché, past participle of cabocher, from caboche (“head”) (compare cabbage). See -ed.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: caboché

Inflected Forms

caboched (alternative) cabossed (alternative)

Rhymes With

watch notch scotch crotch swatch botch blotch hotch potch splotch grotch awatch

Questions

How do you pronounce caboshed?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈbɒt͡ʃ/.
What does caboshed mean?: Shown face-on, showing the full face, but cut off immediately behind the ears and hence showing nothing of the neck.
Where does caboshed come from?: It is traced to French.

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