Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hmp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables
hmp
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Her/His Majesty's Penitentiary.

name

Abbreviation of Her/His Majesty's Prison The name of several prisons in the British Commonwealth and British Empire.

noun

Initialism of Her/His Majesty's Prison: The prefix used in the names of prisons in the United Kingdom.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of hazard mitigation plan.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

HMPs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

HMPS HM

Questions

What does hmp mean?
Initialism of Her/His Majesty's Penitentiary.

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