couch-grass

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kouch or for 6, 14, kooch gras, grahs]
- /kaʊtʃ or for 6, 14, kutʃ græs, grɑs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kouch or for 6, 14, kooch gras, grahs]
- /kaʊtʃ or for 6, 14, kutʃ græs, grɑs/

Definitions of couch-grass word

noun couch-grass any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly. 1
noun couch-grass Alternative spelling of couch grass. 0

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Origin of couch-grass

First appearance:

before 1570

One of the 33% oldest English words

1570-80; couch, variant of quitch

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Parts of speech for Couch-grass

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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couch-grass popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.