Transcription
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- [johbz-teerz]
- /ˈdʒoʊbzˈtɪərz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [johbz-teerz]
- /ˈdʒoʊbzˈtɪərz/
Definitions of jobstears word
- noun jobstears (used with a plural verb) the hard, nearly spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, and which when ripe are used as beads. 1
- noun jobstears (used with a singular verb) the grass itself. 1
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Origin of jobstears
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600
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Parts of speech for Jobstears
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jobstears popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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