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horwood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
hor-wood
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in North Devon district, Devon, England.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English hore (“mud, muck”) + wudu (“wood”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Horwoods (plural)

Phrases

Great Horwood Little Horwood

Frequently Paired Words

Great Horwood Little Horwood

Questions

What does horwood mean?
A village in North Devon district, Devon, England.
Where does horwood come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce horwood

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