How to pronounce skep
American English pronunciation
SKEP
- IPA
- /ˈskɛp/
- Syllables
- SKEP (1 syllable)
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What skep means
An old-fashioned dome-shaped beehive made of woven straw
In a sentence: Bees buzzed in and out of the straw skep at the bottom of the orchard.
Where it comes from: It comes from a late Old English word that was taken from an Old Norse word for a basket.
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