Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flood-gates

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
flood---gates
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does flood-gates mean?
plural of flood-gate (alternative spelling of floodgates).

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