carboy
/ˈkɑɹ.boɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A few of them then boarded her and were busily engaged in what appeared, from my distant position, as the emptying of the contents of various carboys upon the dead bodies of the sailors and over the decks and works of the vessel."
- "He ran to his right and another shot came at his legs. It hit the floor and zoomed into a huge carboy of clams that split in half and emptied a hundred shell-fish over the floor."
- "Juice bottled or carboyed at this high temperature is difficult to cool rapidly because of the danger of breakage of glass."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: قرابه
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑɹ.boɪ/
- British English: /ˈkɑː.bɔɪ/