Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crop-ear

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: crop-ear
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person or animal (often a horse) whose ears are cropped.

Example Sentences

""Well, horse and away!" said the patron, "so soon as you have got your riding livery in trim. You may ride the black crop-ear —and hark ye, I'll make you a present of him to boot.""

Inflected Forms

crop-ears (plural)

Questions

What does crop-ear mean?: A person or animal (often a horse) whose ears are cropped.

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