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growan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
growan
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A decomposed granite, forming a mass of sandy gravel, found in tin lodes in Cornwall.

British usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Cornish growan (“gravel”). Compare Armorican grouan (“gravel”), Cornish grow (“gravel, sand”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

growans (plural)

Questions

What does growan mean?
A decomposed granite, forming a mass of sandy gravel, found in tin lodes in Cornwall.
Where does growan come from?
From Cornish growan (“gravel”). Compare Armorican grouan (“gravel”), Cornish grow (“gravel, sand”).

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