Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clamshell phone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: clamshel-l -phone
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of flip phone, where the fold-out is approximately the size of the other portion of the phone.

Inflected Forms

clamshell phones (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

brick phone bar phone slider phone slide phone

Questions

What does clamshell phone mean?: A type of flip phone, where the fold-out is approximately the size of the other portion of the phone.

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