Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lynchpin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: lynch-pin
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of linchpin.

verb

Alternative form of linchpin.

Example Sentences

"Every design that villainy could suggest was had recourse to in the hopes of nobbling Wild Dayrell; but never being left for an hour by either his trainer or jockey, he escaped the intended 'coopering', even when the lynchpins of the wheels of his van had been tampered with."

Inflected Forms

lynchpins (plural) lynchpins (present, singular) lynchpinning (participle, present) lynchpinned (participle, past) lynchpinned (past)

Synonyms

linchpin anchor mainstay keystone backbone

Questions

What does lynchpin mean?: Alternative form of linchpin.

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