Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harris tweed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables
har-ris tweed
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A loosely woven tweed made by hand on the island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides.

Countable; Uncountable

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What does harris tweed mean?
A loosely woven tweed made by hand on the island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides.

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