Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leek-green

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: leek--green
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a light green colour as that of the top part of a leek.

Example Sentences

"Oat crops are for the most part leek-green and promising well; some of the brown oats are whitening to harvest, and on some farms (outlying) are in stook."

Inflected Forms

more leek-green (comparative) most leek-green (superlative)

Synonyms

porraceous prasine prasinous

Questions

What does leek-green mean?: Having a light green colour as that of the top part of a leek.

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