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- [sweet bey]
- /swit beɪ/
- /swiːt beɪ/
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- [sweet bey]
- /swit beɪ/
Definitions of sweet bay words
- noun sweet bay laurel (def 1). 1
- noun sweet bay an American magnolia, Magnolia virginiana, having large oblong leaves and fragrant, white flowers, common on the Atlantic coast. 1
- noun sweet bay a small tree, Magnolia virginiana, of SE North America, having large fragrant white flowers: family Magnoliaceae (magnolias) 0
- noun sweet bay laurel (sense 1) 0
- noun sweet bay a North American magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) with fragrant, white flowers, common along the coast from Maine to Texas 0
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Origin of sweet bay
First appearance:
before 1710 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1710-20
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Parts of speech for Sweet bay
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sweet bay popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
sweet bay usage trend in Literature
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