Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

summer-fallow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: sum-mer--fal-low
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To plough and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plough and let lie fallow.

Inflected Forms

summer-fallows (present, singular) summer-fallowing (participle, present) summer-fallowed (participle, past) summer-fallowed (past)

Questions

What does summer-fallow mean?: To plough and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plough and let lie fallow.

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