Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

merestead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mer-estead
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"All in the village was peace; the men were intent on their labors, / Busy with hewing and building, with garden-plot and with merestead, […]"

Etymology

From mere (“boundary”) + stead (“place”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

meresteads (plural)

Questions

What does merestead mean?: The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead.
Where does merestead come from?: From mere (“boundary”) + stead (“place”).

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