Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

close the face

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.10 in modern English

Syllables: close the -face
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side.

Inflected Forms

closes the face (present, singular) closing the face (participle, present) closed the face (participle, past) closed the face (past)

Questions

What does close the face mean?: To turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side.

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