Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drawhook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: drawhook
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coupling hook.

Example Sentences

"[...] as to wrought iron drawhooks, the failure of one of which, in a coarsely crystalline condition, was the principal cause of the accident, it was laid down in March 1934, that all new wagon drawbars must be of steel to British Standard Specification No. 80, [...]."

Etymology

From draw + hook.

Inflected Forms

drawhooks (plural)

Questions

What does drawhook mean?: A coupling hook.
Where does drawhook come from?: From draw + hook.

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