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fulwood

/fəlwˈʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables
ful-wood
IPA
/fəlwˈʊd/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A habitational surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in the north of the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5332).

Countable; Uncountable

name

An outer suburb in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3085).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English Fulewde, from Old English fūl (“dirty, foul”), definite form fūla + wudu (“wood”), 'the dirty wood'. The first element could possibly otherwise come from fugol (“bird, fowl”), thus 'wood where fowling takes place'.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Fulewde, fūl

Usage

Inflected Forms

Fulwoods (plural)

Rhymes With

would good could should wood understood stood hood misunderstood goode withstood schuld

Questions

How do you pronounce fulwood?
The recorded pronunciation is /fəlwˈʊd/.
What does fulwood mean?
A habitational surname.
Where does fulwood come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce fulwood

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