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- [koom]
- /kum/
- /kˈuːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [koom]
- /kum/
Definitions of coom word
- noun coom waste material, such as dust from coal, grease from axles, etc 3
- noun coom soot; coal dust; smut. 1
- noun coom dust, especially sawdust or dust from a gristmill. 1
- noun coom grease from bearings, axles, etc. 1
- noun coom Soot, smut. 1
- noun coom dust. 0
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Origin of coom
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; variant of culm1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Coom
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
coom popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
coom usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with coom
- how to coom?
- how to coom rice?