ventage
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Govern these ventages with your fingers and thumb, give it breath with your mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music."
- "In some Madras examples which have been successful, the ventage in the under-sluices is about the same as that in the head-sluices above them."
- "The most important factor in casting solid, close-grained slugs suitable for withstanding pressure in direct printing is efficient ventage of air from the mold each time a slug is cast."
Etymology
Etymology tree English vent Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English ventage From vent + -age.