Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pit head

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: pit -head
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of pithead (sense 1).

Example Sentences

"The smoke-pall of industrial Lancashire hung over the landscape; perhaps slagscape would be a more fitting term. The general prospect was a succession of chimney-stacks, factories, pit-heads, slagheaps, junctions, sidings and coal wagons."

Inflected Forms

pit heads (plural)

Questions

What does pit head mean?: Alternative form of pithead (sense 1).

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