Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strewn

/stɹun/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: strewn
IPA: /stɹun/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered, scattered or overspread with objects.

verb

past participle of strew

Example Sentences

"Unwashed dishes and dirty laundry were strewn about the room."
"The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed."
"Baniyas was one of the towns worst hit by the violence. Residents there say bodies were strewn on the streets or left unburied in homes and on the roofs of buildings, with nobody able to collect them."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /stɹun/
British English: /stɹuːn/

Inflected Forms

more strewn (comparative) most strewn (superlative)

Derived Forms

unstrewn windstrewn

Phrases

flower-strewn star-strewn

Rhymes With

soon june afternoon moon tune immune noon cartoon balloon spoon typhoon platoon

Questions

How do you pronounce strewn?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɹun/.
What does strewn mean?: Covered, scattered or overspread with objects.

How to pronounce strewn

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