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beaver kill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
beaver kill
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A tributary of the East Branch Delaware River, a main tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 44 miles (71 km) long, in the U.S. state of New York.

Etymology

From beaver + kill (“creek”), possibly originally a calque from Dutch.

Inflected Forms

Beaverkill (alternative)

Questions

What does beaver kill mean?
A tributary of the East Branch Delaware River, a main tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 44 miles (71 km) long, in the U.S. state of New York.
Where does beaver kill come from?
From beaver + kill (“creek”), possibly originally a calque from Dutch.

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