Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eyeshot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: eye-shot
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A range of vision, a distance in which something is visible.

Uncountable

noun

Uncountable

noun

A brief glance.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He likes his mother to sit off by the side, though--out of eyeshot of the door. ""
""We were alarmed," says Aimee Sordelli, who lives within eyeshot of the school's chimney. ""
"Human waste, collected in “honey buckets” that many residents use for toilets, is often dumped within eyeshot in a village where no point is more than a five-minute walk from any other."
"The woman smothered his instant fear with an eyeshot of horror."

Etymology

From eye + shot, on the pattern of earshot.

Usage

Inflected Forms

eyeshots (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

earshot noseshot tongueshot

Synonyms

view

Questions

What does eyeshot mean?: A range of vision, a distance in which something is visible.
Where does eyeshot come from?: From eye + shot, on the pattern of earshot.

How to pronounce eyeshot

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