winehouse
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
noun
The building on a vineyard in which the winepress is located.
noun
A communal feasting hall where the lord and his retainers gathered for drinking, gift-giving, storytelling, celebration, etc.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: winery"
- "Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju (200–118 BC) was writer of the fu in the Han dynasty. He was a native of Cheng-tu and as a young man was famous for his skill at playing the lute. Once he was asked to play at the banquet of a wealthy man where he was heard by the host's daughter, Cho Wên-chün, a talented young woman recently widowed. She fell in love with him and they eloped together. Her father angrily disowned her and the young couple had no means of livelihood so they opened a winehouse where Wên-chün herself served behind the counter. When her father heard of this, for the sake of the family's good name, he gave them enough money to live on so that they would not have to resort to such a trade."
- "The wine house and the guest house were hung with curtains shining bright against the wooden walls."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Wienhause, wīnhūs