toa
/tˈoʊɑ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "These thirty-four toa constructions, made from urban debris and ceremoniously installed in a circular (or sometimes oval) bed of sand, bring together the multiple themes centred on reclamation that preoccupied his life."
- "It seems that on leaving one place people would place a toa in the ground to show other people where they had gone."
- "The toa or brave who distinguished himself was thought very highly of."
- "Thus in Polynesia, the toa (warrior) could challenge the ariki (priest/chief)."
- "It happens that nature has assembled in this spot, not only the wildest profusion of the vegetable kingdom, over which the lofty toa tree stands pre-eminent, but also objects of another description, overhanging rocks, hollow-sounding caverns, and steep precipices, calculated to give an aspect as bold and sublime as the imagination can well conceive, and constituting a species of scenery, which, in proportion as it is more rare, is more admired by the natives."
- "The toa wood of the South Pacific islands is similar to Eastern walnut in color and texture, but is much finer in figure."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: toa