Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brakeful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: brake-ful
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).

Example Sentences

"Once she had been like some spirited young horse, dragging a brakeful of people to happiness. But of late she had felt their weight."

Etymology

From brake + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: brake

Inflected Forms

brakefuls (plural)

Synonyms

brakeload

Questions

What does brakeful mean?: Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).
Where does brakeful come from?: From brake + -ful.

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