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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sammel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sam-mel
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Gravelly yellow clay.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A brick in a kiln that is crumbly due to not being thoroughly burned, usually one that lies outermost.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Mixed with lime for mortar.

adj

Imperfectly burnt; (by extension) soft and crumbling.

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from Old English *samǣlan (“to half-burn”), from sam- (“half-, partly”) + ǣlan (“to burn”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sammels (plural) sammil (alternative) samel (alternative) more sammel (comparative) most sammel (superlative)

Derived Forms

sammelbrick

Frequently Paired Words

anneal sammen

Questions

What does sammel mean?
Sandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling.
Where does sammel come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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