Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenmoku

/ˈtɛməku/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ten-moku
IPA: /ˈtɛməku/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dark glaze with a surface that resembles oil spotting, made of feldspar, limestone, and iron oxide.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Tenmokus are usually dark brown and black with some rust patches, but occasionally they are yellow. green or purple. Good tenmokus have an expressive depth and variation of colour."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天目.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 天目

Usage

Inflected Forms

tenmokus (plural) temmoku (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce tenmoku?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛməku/.
What does tenmoku mean?: A dark glaze with a surface that resembles oil spotting, made of feldspar, limestone, and iron oxide.
Where does tenmoku come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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