kraal
/kɹɑːl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.
noun
In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
Example Sentences
- "Onanis is the permanent residence of a kraal of very poor Hill-Damaras, who subsist chiefly upon the few wild roots which their sterile neighborhood produces."
- "‘The paraffin box covered with newsprint, and the primus, and the bucket standing on the floor, and a photo of our kraal’s chief on the wall.’"
- "A kraal was a homestead and usually included a simple fenced-in enclosure for animals, fields for growing crops, and one or more thatched huts."
- "The animal, which is now six years old, was born naturally from the mating of a female goat with a male sheep sharing the same kraal."
- "[…] he knew that one of these beasts was in the habit of harassing the goat-kids, which, for better security, he had kraaled against the wall of the house."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: kraal, curral
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɹɑːl/
- British English: /kɹɑːl/