Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weed hook

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: weed hook
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gardening tool containing a hook, used for cutting away or uprooting weeds.

Example Sentences

"In May get a weed-hook, a crotch and a glove, And weed out such weeds, as the corn doth not love"

Etymology

From Old English wēodhōc.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: wēodhōc

Inflected Forms

weed hooks (plural) weedhook (alternative)

Synonyms

weeding hook

Questions

What does weed hook mean?: A gardening tool containing a hook, used for cutting away or uprooting weeds.
Where does weed hook come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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