Rayburn

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An old-fashioned stove resembling an AGA cooker.

    "The living room was half-panelled in dark oak, and in the big farmhouse kitchen the ancient cream Rayburn beamed comfort."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Scots. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"The living room was half-panelled in dark oak, and in the big farmhouse kitchen the ancient cream Rayburn beamed comfort."

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, from Raeburn, a place in the Scottish Borders name from Scots rae (“roebuck”) + burn (“stream”).

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