Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

opium den

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: opi-um -den
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An establishment in which opium was sold and smoked.

Example Sentences

"The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London."

Inflected Forms

opium dens (plural)

Questions

What does opium den mean?: An establishment in which opium was sold and smoked.

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