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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grass-green

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
grass--green
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bright green color, like that of grass.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of a bright green color, like that of grass.

Etymology

From Middle English grasgrene, from Old English græsgrēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz, equivalent to grass + green.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: grasgrene, græsgrēne, *grasagrōnī, *grasagrōniz

Usage

Inflected Forms

grass-greens (plural)

Questions

What does grass-green mean?
A bright green color, like that of grass.
Where does grass-green come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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