Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spirit-stand

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: spir-it--s-tand
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stand for a pot, kettle, etc., that has an in-built spirit container below for keeping the contents of the pot heated.

Example Sentences

"On it stood a silver tray of smokables and a burnished spirit-stand, from which and an adjacent siphon my silent host proceeded to charge two high glasses."

Inflected Forms

spirit-stands (plural)

Questions

What does spirit-stand mean?: A stand for a pot, kettle, etc., that has an in-built spirit container below for keeping the contents of the pot heated.

How to pronounce spirit-stand

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