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crompton

/kɹˈɑmptən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
cromp-ton
IPA
/kɹˈɑmptən/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A community in the town of West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A British Rail Class 33 locomotive.

British usage

Etymology

Habitational surname from a settlement in Greater Manchester, from Old English crumbe (“river bend”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Cromptons (plural) Crumpton (alternative)

Phrases

Shaw and Crompton Slim Jim

Frequently Paired Words

Shaw and Crompton Bagpipe Slim Jim

Rhymes With

compton

Questions

How do you pronounce crompton?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɹˈɑmptən/.
What does crompton mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does crompton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce crompton

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