Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

auburn system

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: auburn sys-tem
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A penal method of the 19th century in which prisoners worked during the day in groups and were kept in solitary confinement at night, with enforced silence at all times.

Etymology

Introduced in the Auburn Prison, New York.

Inflected Forms

the Auburn system (canonical)

Questions

What does auburn system mean?: A penal method of the 19th century in which prisoners worked during the day in groups and were kept in solitary confinement at night, with enforced silence at all times.
Where does auburn system come from?: Introduced in the Auburn Prison, New York.

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