Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counting-house

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: count-ing--house
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of countinghouse.

Example Sentences

"The door of Scrooge’s counting-house was open that he might keep his eye upon his clerk, who in a dismal little cell beyond, a sort of tank, was copying letters."

Inflected Forms

counting-houses (plural)

Questions

What does counting-house mean?: Alternative form of countinghouse.

How to pronounce counting-house

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