Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foggage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fog-gage
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the (autumn and) winter.

British usage; Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

verb

To leave (dead or decaying grass) on land (in the autumn or winter) as foggage.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From fog + -age; see fog (etymology 2).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

foggages (plural) foggages (present, singular) foggaging (participle, present) foggaged (participle, past) foggaged (past)

Synonyms

fog

Questions

What does foggage mean?
Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the (autumn and) winter.
Where does foggage come from?
From fog + -age; see fog (etymology 2).

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