Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kailyard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kai-l-yard
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kitchen garden.

noun

A late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century school of writing, set in small Scottish towns, a notable example being J. M Barrie's A Small Minister

Example Sentences

Etymology

From kail + yard.

Inflected Forms

kailyards (plural) kailyaird (alternative) kaleyard (alternative)

Derived Forms

kailyarder kailyardism

Phrases

Kailyard school

Questions

What does kailyard mean?
A kitchen garden.
Where does kailyard come from?
From kail + yard.

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