Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheatgrass

/ˈt͡ʃiːtɡɹɑːs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: cheat-grass
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɡɹɑːs/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It took maybe nine or ten years more of westward drift, over the rolling prairie, through the cheatgrass, the sage grouse exploding skyward […]"

Etymology

From cheat + grass (reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of cheatgrass invading their fields).

Usage

Inflected Forms

cheatgrasses (plural)

Synonyms

downy brome downy bromegrass downy cheat downy chess drooping brome bromus tectorum

Questions

How do you pronounce cheatgrass?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃiːtɡɹɑːs/.
What does cheatgrass mean?: Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas
Where does cheatgrass come from?: From cheat + grass (reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of cheatgrass invading their fields).

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