Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incense stick

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: in-cense -stick
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin stick covered with incense that burns slowly and gives off fragrant smoke when set alight.

Example Sentences

"For instance, Hawkins, Lewis, Hankin and Sengupta all cover the word agarbatti, an incense stick or joss stick, but there is no way of knowing when this term was first used in Indian English, nor whether it is now current or obsolete."

Inflected Forms

incense sticks (plural)

Questions

What does incense stick mean?: A thin stick covered with incense that burns slowly and gives off fragrant smoke when set alight.

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