Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neathouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neathouse
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A building for the shelter of neat cattle.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The neathouse for musk-melons, and the gardens, Where we traffic for asparagus, are, to me, In the other world."

Etymology

From Middle English nethouse; equivalent to neat + house.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: nethouse

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

neathouses (plural) neat-house (alternative)

Questions

What does neathouse mean?: A building for the shelter of neat cattle.
Where does neathouse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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