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tholus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tho-lus
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small domical mountain or hill.

noun

A round building, dome, or cupola.

noun

Part of the apical structure of the asci of some lichen species.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin tholus (“dome, rotunda”). Doublet of tholos.

Inflected Forms

tholi (plural)

Synonyms

thole

Questions

What does tholus mean?
A small domical mountain or hill.
Where does tholus come from?
From Latin tholus (“dome, rotunda”). Doublet of tholos.

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