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shinnery

shin·ner·y
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shin-uh-ree]
    • /ˈʃɪn ə ri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shin-uh-ree]
    • /ˈʃɪn ə ri/

Definitions of shinnery word

  • noun shinnery a dense growth of small trees, especially scrub oaks. 1
  • noun shinnery a dense thicket usually filled with scrub oak 0

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Origin of shinnery

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
1900-05, Americanism; < Louisiana French chênière chenier (perhaps directly < a by-form *chênerie)

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Parts of speech for Shinnery

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

shinnery popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% 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.

shinnery usage trend in Literature

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