Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pattern book

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: pat-tern -book
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A book containing samples of patterns and designs of cloth or wallpaper.

noun

A book of architectural designs.

Example Sentences

"The idea of standard designs is as old as Brunel's pattern-book series of Tudor and Italianate designs for the Great Western Railway in the 1840s."

Inflected Forms

pattern books (plural)

Questions

What does pattern book mean?: A book containing samples of patterns and designs of cloth or wallpaper.

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