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dovehouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dove-house
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dovecote.

Etymology

From Middle English dovehouse, dove-hows, dufhous, equivalent to dove + house.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dovehouses (plural) dove-house (alternative) dove house (alternative)

Questions

What does dovehouse mean?
A dovecote.
Where does dovehouse come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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