Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

streamwork

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stream-work
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked.

Example Sentences

"The day is marked by the serio-comic custom of sending a young lad to the highest bound or hillock in the streamwork, and allowing him to sleep there as long as he can—…"
"Tinworking clearly post-dates abandonment of the settlement, and may date the streamwork to the late medieval period, although it could have been worked at any time between this date and the nineteenth century."

Etymology

From stream + work.

Inflected Forms

streamworks (plural) stream-work (alternative)

Questions

What does streamwork mean?: A place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked.
Where does streamwork come from?: From stream + work.

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