long house
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.46 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of longhouse.
Example Sentences
- "They marched in under French Colours and were conducted into the Long House."
- "One branch of this numerous people was seated on a beautiful river, known as the “Lonapewihittuck”, where the “long house,” or Great Council Fire, of the nation was universally admitted to be established."
- "The practice of herding together in ‘long houses’ prevents mental and moral improvement and hinders advance in gardening and planting and agricultural developement generally."
- "The Kenyah village frequently consists of a single long house."