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culverhouse

/kˈʌlvɚhˌaʊs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
cul-ver-house
IPA
/kˈʌlvɚhˌaʊs/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a dovecote, particularly a large one on an estate

name

A topographic surname for someone who lived near a dovecote, or a metonymic surname for someone involved in maintaining a dovecote

Etymology

From culver + house.

Inflected Forms

culverhouses (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce culverhouse?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈʌlvɚhˌaʊs/.
What does culverhouse mean?
a dovecote, particularly a large one on an estate
Where does culverhouse come from?
From culver + house.

How to pronounce culverhouse

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