Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tea-cup

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables: tea-cup
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of teacup.

Example Sentences

"Mrs. Meadows secunda, looked round with sovereign contempt on the bits of tea-cups, old china bowls, and other articles treasured up by Mrs. Meadows prima, and lost a sentence or two of what Mr. Meadows was saying in the survey."

Inflected Forms

tea-cups (plural)

Questions

What does tea-cup mean?: Alternative form of teacup.

How to pronounce tea-cup

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