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mowburn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mow-burn
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stack (hay) before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

noun

Damage caused to hay in this manner.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From mow + burn.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mowburns (present, singular) mowburning (participle, present) mowburned (participle, past) mowburned (past) mowburnt (participle, past) mowburnt (past)

Questions

What does mowburn mean?
To stack (hay) before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
Where does mowburn come from?
From mow + burn.

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