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womb-to-tomb

womb-to-tomb
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [woom too toom]
    • /wum tu tum/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [woom too toom]
    • /wum tu tum/

Definition of womb-to-tomb word

  • adjective womb-to-tomb extending from prebirth to death: said especially of care under the National Health Service. 1

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Origin of womb-to-tomb

First appearance:

before 1970
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1970-75

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Parts of speech for Womb-to-tomb

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

womb-to-tomb popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this 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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