Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downs

/daʊnz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: downs
IPA: /daʊnz/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of down

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of down

name

name

The South Downs.

name

A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.

name

Tothill Fields Bridewell, a prison located in the Westminster area of central London between 1618 and 1884.

British usage; Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

"Let's go for a walk on the Downs."
"On the 11th [June, 1771] we run up the channel […] at noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs, and went ashore at Deal."

Usage

British usage
Obsolete
Slang

Inflected Forms

the Downs (canonical)

Derived Forms

Downsville

Phrases

Downs cell Downs process Hellings and Downs curve Hellings-Downs curve

Rhymes With

towns browns clowns crowns nouns gowns drowns frowns downes down's townes downtowns

Questions

How do you pronounce downs?: The recorded pronunciation is /daʊnz/.
What does downs mean?: plural of down

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