Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lock hospital

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: lock- hos-pi-tal
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hospital for the isolation and treatment of lepers.

noun

A hospital treating people with venereal diseases in which patients were kept confined until cured.

Inflected Forms

lock hospitals (plural)

Questions

What does lock hospital mean?: A hospital for the isolation and treatment of lepers.

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