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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

winterbottom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
win-ter-bot-tom
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

From Old English winter (“winter”) + botm (“bottom, ground”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a valley only in winter, while spending the summer on the upland pastures.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Winterbottoms (plural) Winterbotham (alternative)

Phrases

Winterbottom's sign

Questions

What does winterbottom mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does winterbottom come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce winterbottom

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