stroud

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stroud]
- /straʊd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stroud]
- /straʊd/

Definitions of stroud word

noun stroud a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians. 1
noun stroud a coarse woollen fabric 0

See all 2 definitions of stroud

Information block about the term

Origin of stroud

First appearance:

before 1670

One of the 47% oldest English words

First recorded in 1670-80; named after Stroud in Gloucestershire, England, where woolens are made

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Stroud

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Stroud

stroud popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

stroud usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer