Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hill censer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
hill -censer
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient Chinese censer in the shape of a hill.

Etymology

Loose calque from Chinese 博山爐/博山炉 (bóshānlú) or 博山香爐/博山香炉 (bóshān xiānglú).

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does hill censer mean?
An ancient Chinese censer in the shape of a hill.
Where does hill censer come from?
Loose calque from Chinese 博山爐/博山炉 (bóshānlú) or 博山香爐/博山香炉 (bóshān xiānglú).

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