Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wattle-and-daub

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: wat-tle-and--daub
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of wattle and daub.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It was manned entirely by negroes. They went to work and cut a stairway in the rock face of the island and erected on the summit a number of low-lying shacks in the fashion known in Jamaica as 'wattle-and-daub'."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does wattle-and-daub mean?: Alternative spelling of wattle and daub.

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