salt-box

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sawlt boks]
- /sɔlt bɒks/
- /sɔːlt bɒks/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawlt boks]
- /sɔlt bɒks/

Definitions of salt-box word

noun salt-box a box in which salt is kept. 1
noun salt-box a type of house found especially in New England, generally two full stories high in front and one story high in back, the roof having about the same pitch in both directions so that the ridge is well toward the front of the house. 1

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Origin of salt-box

First appearance:

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

First recorded in 1605-15

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Parts of speech for Salt-box

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Salt-box

salt-box popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 50% 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.