Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handblown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: hand-blown
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Blown by hand, without the use of machinery

Example Sentences

"But of all the extravagances that reflected the country’s new wealth and glory, Mr. Giunta became most fixated on the bouquets’ vases: typically baroque handblown Venetian goblets of sap-green glass."

Etymology

From hand + blown.

Inflected Forms

hand-blown (alternative)

Questions

What does handblown mean?: Blown by hand, without the use of machinery
Where does handblown come from?: From hand + blown.

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