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homewood

/hˈoʊmwˌʊd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
home-wood
IPA
/hˈoʊmwˌʊd/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

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Countable; Uncountable

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Countable; Uncountable

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An unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

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A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

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An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kansas, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

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A borough of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

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An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from any of various minor places in England, from Old English hām (“homestead”) + wudu (“wood”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Homewoods (plural)

Phrases

Homewood Canyon

Questions

How do you pronounce homewood?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈoʊmwˌʊd/.
What does homewood mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does homewood come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce homewood

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