Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

close-winded

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
close-wind-ed
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sailing close to the wind

Inflected Forms

more close-winded (comparative) most close-winded (superlative)

Questions

What does close-winded mean?
Sailing close to the wind

How to pronounce close-winded

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