meld
/mɛld/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points.
Example Sentences
- "One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass."
- "Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like – we can all be proud of our young country."
- "Users can upload an unlimited number of voice messages, text prompts, photographs and videos of themselves, and in return an algorithm melds together memories and media and spits out a “virtual you” – an avatar that can speak to loved ones on phone calls and through text messages “so that children, grandchildren and beyond can know what you’re really like”."
- "The realization that Istra was in the room made him forget most of his melds at pinochle; […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *meldʰ-, melden, *melþōn
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɛld/
- British English: /mɛld/