Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boatlength

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: boatlength
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A distance equal to the length of a boat.

Example Sentences

"His failing form the tides wash o’er, / Within a boatlength of the shore."
"Philip was rowing nervously, two boatlengths behind, and the others had given up the race, and were paddling near the banks to talk with their friends."
"The men dropped their ropes and jogged away from the front of the collier. Bartlett guided the collier back to the mouth of the harbour and gave her full throttle. His momentum split the ice and carried him in a few boatlengths."

Etymology

From boat + length.

Inflected Forms

boatlengths (plural) boatslength (alternative)

Questions

What does boatlength mean?: A distance equal to the length of a boat.
Where does boatlength come from?: From boat + length.

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