Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lilypond

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lily-pond
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pond in which water lilies grow.

Example Sentences

"He had walked towards the middle of an ornamental lilypond when innebriated up to the point where braced shirts meet knickerbockers, […]"
"Only van Gogh's sunrise and Monet's lilypond had their glories undiminished […]"
"Seldom busy, the gardens offer everything from formal lilyponds and billiard table-smooth lawns to joyous bursts of floral colour and the russets, golds and greens of an arboretum."

Etymology

From lily + pond.

Inflected Forms

lilyponds (plural)

Questions

What does lilypond mean?: A pond in which water lilies grow.
Where does lilypond come from?: From lily + pond.

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