Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cracker barrel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: crack-er bar-rel
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A barrel for holding crackers.

adj

Alternative form of cracker-barrel.

Example Sentences

"The bespectacled and bow-tied Harvelle Chilton, self-styled cracker barrel sage, grabbed the stool in the corner (Chickie would never have allowed anything as low-class as a real cracker barrel into the room)."
"I set Allie on a cracker barrel beside the counter and told her, “Stay put!”"
"He was, according to Fortune, “the Mississippi Yankee, the clever bumpkin, the homespun, rail-splitting, cracker barrel simplifier of national issues.”"
"Now forced elsewhere, the cracker barrel crowd would quietly meet at night in private homes."

Inflected Forms

cracker barrels (plural) more cracker barrel (comparative) most cracker barrel (superlative)

Questions

What does cracker barrel mean?: A barrel for holding crackers.

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