Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cascalho

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cas-cal-ho
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand in which diamonds may be found.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Portuguese cascalho (“a chip of stone, gravel”).

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: cascalho

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does cascalho mean?: A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand in which diamonds may be found.
Where does cascalho come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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