Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-thent
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of shallow or "skeletal" soil, found on recent erosional surfaces or very old landforms completely devoid of weatherable minerals.

Etymology

ortho- + Clipping of entisol

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ortho-

Inflected Forms

orthents (plural)

Derived Forms

xerorthent

Questions

What does orthent mean?: A kind of shallow or "skeletal" soil, found on recent erosional surfaces or very old landforms completely devoid of weatherable minerals.
Where does orthent come from?: ortho- + Clipping of entisol

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