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Definition: Syllabub |
SyllabubNoun1. Spiced hot milk with rum or wine. 2. Sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "syllabub" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1732. (references) |
Synonym: SyllabubSynonym: sillabub (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Syllabub |
| Specialty definitions using "syllabub": WHIPT SYLLABUB. (references) |
| "Syllabub" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.21% of the time. "Syllabub" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.21% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.89% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.26% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 38 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
syllabub | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "syllabub"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ajka me verë (Sillabub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | десерт от каймак, захар и вино. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yllabubsay leite batido com vinho (sillabub), açúcar e canela. (various references) сливки с вином и сахаром. (various references) silabub. (various references) dulce con nata o leche. (various references) збиті вершки з вином і цукром, пишномовний стиль (cothurnus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "syllabub": syllabubs. (additional references) | |
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"Syllabub" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sillabub, syllabud, syllybub. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-l-l-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: babuls, ballsy, bubals, suably, usably. | |
-3 letters: babul, babus, balls, bally, blabs, blubs, bubal, bulbs, bulla, bulls, bully, busby, sally, sully. | |
-4 letters: ably, abys, albs, alls, ally, babu, baby, ball, bals, bays, blab, blub, bubs, bulb, bull, busy, buys, labs, lays, sall, saul, slab, slay, slub, suba. | |
-5 letters: abs, aby, alb, all, als, ays, bal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-l-l-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: syllabubs. | |
+2 letters: buckyballs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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