Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hassocks

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: has-socks
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of hassock

name

A large village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3015).

Etymology

From Old English hassuc (“clump of grass”); see hassock.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: hassuc

Questions

What does hassocks mean?: plural of hassock
Where does hassocks come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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