sheepcote

Questions about sheepcote

What does sheepcote mean?

sheepcote means "a pen for sheep".

How many syllables are in sheepcote?

sheepcote has 2 syllables: sheep-cote. The stress falls on "sheep".

What is another word for sheepcote?

Close synonyms include fold, sheepfold, sheep pen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sheepcote a common word?

sheepcote is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sheepcote come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.