Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chimney sweep

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
chim-ney sweep
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys.

Inflected Forms

chimney sweeps (plural) chimney-sweep (alternative) chimneysweep (alternative)

Phrases

chimney sweep's cancer chimney sweep's carcinoma chimney sweeper sweep-chimney

Frequently Paired Words

chimney sweeper sweep-chimney

Synonyms

chimney sweeper sweep-chimney

Questions

What does chimney sweep mean?
A person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys.

How to pronounce chimney sweep

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