queen the wife or widow of a king The first known use: before the 12th century |
Word Structure |
5 Letters, 1 Syllable |
queen |
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4 Phonemes |
k w E n |
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onset, rime |
q ueen |
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Morpheme |
queen |
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Sentence Examples She was crowned queen of England. She was voted queen of the prom. This ship is the queen of all the ocean liners. |
Common Phrases queen A derogatory and highly offensive term for a homosexual male, usually one considered effeminate or flamboyant. |
Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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