Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
col-low
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make foul or dirty; begrime as with the smut of coal; blacken.

Transitive verb

noun

The black grime or soot of coal or burnt wood.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English *colwen, *colȝen (attested in colwed, colwinge), from Old English *colgian, from Proto-West Germanic *koligōn (“to make black as coal, blacken with coal”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *colwen, *colgian, *koligōn

Usage

Inflected Forms

collows (present, singular) collowing (participle, present) collowed (participle, past) collowed (past) kellow (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

colly kelly

Questions

What does collow mean?
To make foul or dirty; begrime as with the smut of coal; blacken.
Where does collow come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce collow

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