Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cerecloth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cere-cloth
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"’Twere damnation To think so base a thought; it were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave."

Etymology

From cere + cloth, from Latin cera (“wax, cere”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: cera

Usage

Inflected Forms

cerecloths (plural)

Questions

What does cerecloth mean?: Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.
Where does cerecloth come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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