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smokery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
smok-ery
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A facility for smoking food, typically fish and meat, especially on a commercial scale.

Etymology

Etymology tree English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English smokery From smoke + -ery.

Inflected Forms

smokeries (plural)

Synonyms

smokehouse

Questions

What does smokery mean?
A facility for smoking food, typically fish and meat, especially on a commercial scale.
Where does smokery come from?
Etymology tree English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English smokery From smoke + -ery.

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