Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbon-ferrous

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: car-bon--fer-rous
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a type of asteroid, meteor, or comet, that contains mainly the carbon element and iron.

adj

Being a certain type of metal alloy.

Questions

What does carbon-ferrous mean?: Pertaining to a type of asteroid, meteor, or comet, that contains mainly the carbon element and iron.

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