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stillroom

still·room
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stil-room, -roo m]
    • /ˈstɪlˌrum, -ˌrʊm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stil-room, -roo m]
    • /ˈstɪlˌrum, -ˌrʊm/

Definitions of stillroom word

  • noun stillroom (in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks. 1
  • noun stillroom a room off a kitchen for making tea, coffee, etc., and for storing liquors, tea, preserves, jams, wine, etc. 1
  • noun stillroom a room in which distilling is carried out 0
  • noun stillroom a pantry or storeroom, as in a large house 0

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Origin of stillroom

First appearance:

before 1700
One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1700-10; still2 + room

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Parts of speech for Stillroom

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

stillroom popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% 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.

stillroom usage trend in Literature

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