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encurtain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-cur-tain
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To enclose with, or as if with, curtains.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From en- + curtain.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

encurtains (present, singular) encurtaining (participle, present) encurtained (participle, past) encurtained (past)

Synonyms

incurtain

Questions

What does encurtain mean?
To enclose with, or as if with, curtains.
Where does encurtain come from?
From en- + curtain.

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