Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harehound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hare-hound
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a small breed of dogs used for hunting hares.

Etymology

From hare + hound.

Inflected Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does harehound mean?
One of a small breed of dogs used for hunting hares.
Where does harehound come from?
From hare + hound.

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