Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scorification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scori-fi-ca-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The reduction of an ore to scoria, especially as a means of refining or assay.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English scoria Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English scorification From scoria + -ification.

Usage

Inflected Forms

scorifications (plural)

Questions

What does scorification mean?: The reduction of an ore to scoria, especially as a means of refining or assay.
Where does scorification come from?: Etymology tree English scoria Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English scorification From scoria + -ification.

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