Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tilbury

/ˈtɪlbəɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: tilbury
IPA: /ˈtɪlbəɹi/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small open two-wheeled carriage.

noun

Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort).

Obsolete; Slang

name

A town and port in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ639761).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A community, formerly a town, in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky."
"If she was jocular, he used to revolve her jokes in his mind, and explode over them half an hour afterwards in the street, to the surprise of the groom in the tilbury […]"

Etymology

From Tilbury (“surname of the inventor”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈtɪlbəɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

tilburies (plural) Tilburys (plural) Tilby (alternative)

Phrases

East Tilbury West Tilbury

Questions

How do you pronounce tilbury?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɪlbəɹi/.
What does tilbury mean?: A small open two-wheeled carriage.
Where does tilbury come from?: It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce tilbury

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