Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horrocks

/hˈɔɹəks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: hor-rocks
IPA: /hˈɔɹəks/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small coastal town in the Mid West Region of Western Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From a dialect term hurrock (“heap of stones”) typical of Manchester.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Horrockses (plural) Horrox (alternative)

Derived Forms

Horrocksian

Phrases

Horrocks box

Questions

How do you pronounce horrocks?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɔɹəks/.
What does horrocks mean?: A surname.
Where does horrocks come from?: From a dialect term hurrock (“heap of stones”) typical of Manchester.

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