well sweep

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wel sweep]
- /wɛl swip/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wel sweep]
- /wɛl swip/

Definitions of well sweep words

noun well sweep sweep1 (def 29). 1
noun well sweep a device for raising buckets from and lowering them into a well, consisting of a long pivoted pole, the bucket being attached to one end by a long rope 0

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Origin of well sweep

First appearance:

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

First recorded in 1820-30

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Parts of speech for Well sweep

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Well sweep

well sweep popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% 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.

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