Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crashmate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crash-mate
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone with whom one is in a crash, such as a car accident.

Example Sentences

"She took pictures of the fragmented copter and fellow survivors, then handed the camera to one of her crashmates to take pictures of her."
"Or center the second line with Devo...and allow Holik to play third line with some crashmates."
"Eventually the word came down: Froome, along with his crashmates Porte and Mollema, would be granted a finishing time when the crash occurred, keeping him in the yellow jersey."
"Along with growing closer to my crash-mates, the island had become a friend, too."

Etymology

From crash + -mate.

Inflected Forms

crashmates (plural)

Questions

What does crashmate mean?: Someone with whom one is in a crash, such as a car accident.
Where does crashmate come from?: From crash + -mate.

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