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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fiddleneck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fid-dle-neck
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.

Etymology

From fiddle + neck.

Inflected Forms

fiddlenecks (plural) fiddle-neck (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

fiddleback fiddlehead

Synonyms

phacelia tanacetifolia

Questions

What does fiddleneck mean?
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
Where does fiddleneck come from?
From fiddle + neck.

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