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scowcroft

/skˈoʊkɹˌɔft/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
scowcroft
IPA
/skˈoʊkɹˌɔft/
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a croft with a hut, from Old Norse skáli (“barn; shed, hut”) + Old English croft (“enclosed field”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Scowcrofts (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce scowcroft?
The recorded pronunciation is /skˈoʊkɹˌɔft/.
What does scowcroft mean?
A surname.
Where does scowcroft come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce scowcroft

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