smoot
/smuːt/
smoot noun: a unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).
Noun (1)
smoot (plural smoots)
Noun (2)
smoot (plural smoots)
- A small opening built into a dry-stone wall, fence, or hedge to allow sheep (and hares) to pass through; a thirl.
- Synonyms:
- smoot hole
Proper noun capitalized: Smoot
Smoot (plural Smoots)
- A surname.
Synonyms of smoot
Forms of smoot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | smoots |
| alternative form | smoat |
| alternative form | smout |
| alternative form | smeut |
| alternative form | smot |
| alternative form | smut |
| alternative form | smute |
| alternative form | smeyut |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Smoots |
Origin of smoot
Derives from the height of Oliver R. Smoot, who had lain on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as a fraternity prank at MIT.
From Middle English *smote, *smotte, from Old Norse smátta (“narrow passageway, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *smēhtǭ (“narrow path”), from Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (“small, narrow”).
Likely from the Dutch smout, someone who sold or worked with animal fat.
Phrases with smoot
Words that rhyme with smoot
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- cute
- moot
- overshoot
- recruit
- salute
- volute
- dispute
- impute
- pollute
- scoot
- snoot
- substitute
- chute
- depute
- dilute
- hoot
- loot
- pursuit
- reboot
- scute
- uproot
- Beirut
- cahoot
- Clute
- convolute
- lute
- zoot
- ablute
- Aleut
- argute
- astute
- beaut
- bruit
- compute
- coot
- doot
- en route
- glout
- jute
- minute
- newt
- poot
- refute
- repute
- resolute
- 'tute
- angel lute
- butte
Questions about smoot
- What does smoot mean?
- Smoot means a unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).
- What part of speech is smoot?
- Smoot can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce smoot?
- Smoot is pronounced /smuːt/.
- What is the plural of smoot?
- The plural of smoot is smoots.
Words near smoot in the dictionary
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