Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crowbill

/ˈkɹoʊˌbɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crow-bill
IPA: /ˈkɹoʊˌbɪl/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc., from wounds.

noun

Synonym of bec de corbin (“poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole”).

Etymology

From crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”) + bill (“beak of a bird”). Sense 1 (“kind of forceps”) is probably from its appearance, while sense 2 (“type of poleaxe”) is a calque of French bec de corbin (literally “crow or raven's beak”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɹoʊˌbɪl/
British English: /ˈkɹəʊbɪl/

Inflected Forms

crowbills (plural) crow-bill (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

billhook crowbar

Synonyms

crow's bill bec de corbin

Questions

How do you pronounce crowbill?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹoʊˌbɪl/.
What does crowbill mean?: A kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc., from wounds.
Where does crowbill come from?: From crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”) + bill (“beak of a bird”). Sense 1 (“kind of forceps”) is probably from its appearance, while sense 2 (“type of poleaxe”) is a calque of French bec de corbin (literally “crow or raven's beak”).

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