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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tappoon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tap-poon
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow and irrigate a field.

American usage

Etymology

From Spanish tampón (“plug, stopper”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

tappoons (plural)

Questions

What does tappoon mean?
A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow and irrigate a field.
Where does tappoon come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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