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sheep-fold

sheep-fold
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sheep fohld]
    • /ʃip foʊld/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sheep fohld]
    • /ʃip foʊld/

Definition of sheep-fold word

  • noun sheep-fold an enclosure for sheep. 1

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Origin of sheep-fold

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceapa falda. See sheep, fold2

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Parts of speech for Sheep-fold

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sheep-fold 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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