Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handed down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
hand-ed -down
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does handed down mean?
simple past and past participle of hand down

How to pronounce handed down

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