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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playstow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
playstow
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place for play; playground; park.

Etymology

From Middle English *pleystow, from Old English pleġstōw, pleġestōw (“playground, gymnasium, amphitheater, a place for a play, wrestling-place”). By surface analysis, play + stow (“place”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *pleystow, pleġstōw

Inflected Forms

playstows (plural) pleystow (alternative) plestor (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Plaistow

Questions

What does playstow mean?
A place for play; playground; park.
Where does playstow come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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