Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

winepot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: winepot
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pot for holding wine.

Example Sentences

"These kilns were being used to fire porcelain winepots."
"They exclaimed over teapots and dessertware in the forms of stylized cauliflowers, pineapples, cabbages, and Chinese melon-shaped winepots."
"In the temples, wine was heated in small antique winepots of charmingly engraved bronze and served with elaborate courtesy by men whose every movement betokened an inner harmony of spirit coupled with the utmost grace of body and limbs."

Etymology

From Middle English wyne-potte, wynpot, equivalent to wine + pot.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wyne-potte

Inflected Forms

winepots (plural)

Questions

What does winepot mean?: A pot for holding wine.
Where does winepot come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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