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interbed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-terbed
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To interleave between other beds or strata having different characteristics

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed English interbed From inter- + bed.

Inflected Forms

interbeds (present, singular) interbedding (participle, present) interbedded (participle, past) interbedded (past)

Questions

What does interbed mean?
To interleave between other beds or strata having different characteristics
Where does interbed come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed English interbed From inter- + bed.

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