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grax

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
grax
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The waste left at the end of the whaling process.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Early 20th century. From Norwegian Nynorsk grakse (“residue from the production of fish or whale oil”), from Norwegian Nynorsk dragse (“residue”), from Old Norse dregg. Doublet of dreg.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: grakse, dragse, dregg

Usage

Inflected Forms

graks (alternative)

Questions

What does grax mean?
The waste left at the end of the whaling process.
Where does grax come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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