acton
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈæk.tən/
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/ˈæk.tən/ · /ˈæktən/ (UK)
Definition of acton
28 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of aketon.
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noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of aketon.
- (alt-of, obsolete, uncountable)Obsolete form of actinon.
name
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
- (countable, uncountable)A suburb and community in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3451).
- (countable, uncountable)A village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
- (countable, uncountable)A place in Canada:
- (countable, uncountable)A place in Canada:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
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(countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
“Fire crews battled two brush fires in northern Los Angeles County on Thursday — the King fire, which ignited near Pyramid Lake in the early morning, and the Hawk fire, which erupted in Acton around 3 p.m., threatening structures and prompting evacuation orders.”
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A suburb of Burnie City Council, north western Tasmania, Australia.
- (countable)A habitational surname from Old English.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“farm, town, homestead”); compare the doublet Aughton.
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