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salthouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
salt-house
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A salt processing facility.

noun

A storehouse for salt.

name

An eastern suburb of Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Barrow-in-Furness district (OS grid ref SD2069).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG075439).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English salthous, from Old English sealthūs, equivalent to salt + house.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: salthous, sealthūs

Usage

Inflected Forms

salthouses (plural) Salters (alternative)

Questions

What does salthouse mean?
A salt processing facility.
Where does salthouse come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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