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skep

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈskɛp/Part of speech nounSorted ekpsStarts with SEnds with P0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a domed beehive made of twisted straw

Word origin

Late Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa (“basket”). Cognate with Danish skæppe (“an old Danish unit of measure equalling 17.4 l”).

Used in a sentence

  • Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.
  • He prised a skep from its stool and held it out, inverted, showing the dirty wreck of combs, with the vile grubs spinning their cocoons.
  • She installs seven skeps at the furthest edge of the garden; on warm July days it is possible to hear the restless rumble of the bees from the house.

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