Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neckdown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neck-down
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.

Etymology

From neck + down.

Inflected Forms

neckdowns (plural)

Derived Forms

sneckdown

Questions

What does neckdown mean?: An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
Where does neckdown come from?: From neck + down.

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