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pinfeather

pin·feath·er
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pin-feth-er]
    • /ˈpɪnˌfɛð ər/
    • /pˈɪnfeðə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pin-feth-er]
    • /ˈpɪnˌfɛð ər/

Definitions of pinfeather word

  • noun pinfeather an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded. 1
  • noun pinfeather a feather just coming through the skin. 1
  • noun pinfeather a feather emerging from the skin and still enclosed in its horny sheath 0
  • noun pinfeather an undeveloped feather that is just emerging through the skin, usually still encased in a horny sheath 0

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Origin of pinfeather

First appearance:

before 1765
One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1765-75; pin + feather

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Parts of speech for Pinfeather

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pinfeather popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% 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.

pinfeather usage trend in Literature

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