Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strow

/stɹˈoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: strow
IPA: /stɹˈoʊ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete form of strew.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks / In Vallombrosa,[…]."
"How still the air within this forest brown; / So still, you hear the snow fall through the trees, / And on the yellow leaves beneath them strown; / And thick it falls, unwavered by the breeze, […]"
"It was a manner much more turbid and strown with blemishes than the manner of Pindar, Dante, or Milton;[…]."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

strows (present, singular) strowing (participle, present) strowed (past) strown (participle, past)

Derived Forms

overstrow strower

Homonyms

stroh

Rhymes With

so no so-so know go show though oh ago low although co

Questions

How do you pronounce strow?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɹˈoʊ/.
What does strow mean?: Obsolete form of strew.

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