chunam
/tʃʊˈnɑːm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The one Mr Cleveland and I inhabited was, as I have already observed, constructed of mud instead of chunam."
- "In all the operations of chunam work, jaggery water, i. e. a solution of molasses or coarse sugar, is invariably added by the builders, and its use appears to have prevailed from the remotest ages."
- "The floor of the room was of polished chunam, white as curds."
- "Look at the flies. Look at the chunam coming off the walls."
- "If the slope has to be covered by shotcrete or chunam, tree rings of sufficient size should be provided to allow adequate supply of air and water to reach the tree roots."
- "A PUNT FOR SALE, thirty-four feet long, twelve feet broad, and three feet ten inches deep, chunamed, sheathed, and coppered, carries about fifteen tons."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: சுண்ணம், चूर्ण
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /tʃʊˈnɑːm/