ingo
/ˈɪŋɡoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The ingoes of a second window in the wing of the Tower at first floor level were found in the east wall. The masonry of one of these ingoes has been incorporated in the north ingo of the large slapping at this part of the College foyer."
- "The ingo of the doorway was evidently spanned with timber lintels, but none survive."
- "Reveal tie fixings are achieved by placing telescopic extending tubes across the window openings and wedging them against the window ingoes (reveals)."
- "An accurate record was kept of all of the ingo, and all the outgo from the cows."
- "It refers to the ingo and outgo and what takes place with the ingo, what becomes of it, how it is changed into the material that goes out, what is built up, what is assimilated, how the changes take place here and there. That is all metabolism."
- "We have to get a better balance between our ingo and our outgo – calories consumed and calories expended."
Etymology
From in- + go.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: in