heronry

her·on·ry

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [her-uh n-ree]
- /ˈhɛr ən ri/
- /ˈhe.rən.ri/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [her-uh n-ree]
- /ˈhɛr ən ri/

Definitions of heronry word

noun plural heronry a place where a colony of herons breeds. 1
noun heronry A breeding colony of herons, typically in a group of trees. 1
noun heronry a colony of breeding herons 0
noun heronry a place where many herons gather to breed 0

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Origin of heronry

First appearance:

before 1610

One of the 40% oldest English words

First recorded in 1610-20; heron + -ry

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Parts of speech for Heronry

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Heronry

heronry popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

heronry usage trend in Literature

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