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tolbooth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
tol-booth
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines.

noun

Archaic form of toll booth.

Archaic

Usage

Inflected Forms

tolbooths (plural)

Synonyms

tollbooth tollhouse

Questions

What does tolbooth mean?
The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines.

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