fish-hook

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fish hoo k]
- /fɪʃ hʊk/
- /fɪʃ hʊk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fish hoo k]
- /fɪʃ hʊk/

Definition of fish-hook word

noun fish-hook a hook used in fishing. 1

Just one definition for fish-hook

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Origin of fish-hook

First appearance:

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

First recorded in 1350-1400, fishhook is from the Middle English word fischhook. See fish, hook1

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Parts of speech for Fish-hook

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Fish-hook

fish-hook popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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