Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quickset

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: quick-set
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Grown from cuttings planted directly into the ground

noun

The cuttings used, or the hedge produced by this method.

verb

To enclose (something) with quickset hedge.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"What little worlds of affection and comfort are bounded by the neat quickset-hedge, quiet and still as the nest of some singing-bird!"
"There were few trees, or none, those that would have grown in the hedges being mercilessly plashed down with the quickset by the tenant-farmers, the natural enemies of tree, bush, and brake"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

quicksets (plural) quicksets (present, singular) quickseting (participle, present) quickseted (participle, past) quickseted (past)

Questions

What does quickset mean?: Grown from cuttings planted directly into the ground

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