Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

post-house

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.25 in modern English

Syllables: post--house
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of posthouse.

adj

after one's time in the House, typically the House of Representatives

Example Sentences

"Late on the evening of their firſt days journey they arrived at a ſmall poſt-houſe, where travellers ſeldom remain longer than while they change horſes; […]"
"Whenever we came to a post-house, the troop of horses took to the yard instinctively, and each man seized a lassu and caught his own."
"His duty was to carry me to the next post-house, and there leave me to be carried forward by another similar conveyance."
"In one of the highlights of […] my post-House career, we were able to work together to bring about something that was extraordinary given the political climate of the time."

Etymology

From post (“mail, a network of horse couriers”) + house.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Inflected Forms

post-houses (plural)

Questions

What does post-house mean?: Alternative form of posthouse.
Where does post-house come from?: From post (“mail, a network of horse couriers”) + house.

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