dead stand
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A standstill.
Example Sentences
- "Then followed a signal check to walking pace at Holloway and finally a dead stand of 5¾ min. while we stolidly contemplated the beauties of Belle Isle (not quite the equal of those of the Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore, on which I was destined to set eyes a few weeks later)."