red squill

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [red skwil]
- /rɛd skwɪl/
- /red skwɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [red skwil]
- /rɛd skwɪl/

Definitions of red squill words

noun red squill a variety of squill whose bulbs are red, used chiefly as a rat poison. 1
noun red squill a variety of sea onion having red bulbs which yield a powder used chiefly in rat poison 0
noun red squill this powder 0

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Origin of red squill

First appearance:

before 1730

One of the 48% newest English words

First recorded in 1730-40

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Parts of speech for Red squill

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

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determiner

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red squill popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% 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.

red squill usage trend in Literature

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