full-powered
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
For vessels that depends on engines for propulsion that is independent of assistance from any sails.
Example Sentences
- "They will stand unused for a considerable period without noticeable deterioration. Their strength does not rapidly "leak" or escape. They are full-powered, eager to give you their sparks."
- "I repeat that to understand the history of Financial Advertising we need understand only the past few years, because those crucial years have made a full-powered man of him, a giant in power, vision and purpose, who can never turn back."
- "This is a full-powered strike that is aimed through a desired target."
- "Yet even full-powered .308 rounds sometimes had difficulties penetrating barriers."
- "He pulled his arm back, ready to fire a full-powered punch."
- "The Royal Mail Steamship " Britannia," full-powered ocean-going screw steamer of 3,700 tons, engines of 650 horsepower, barque-rigged, carries 3,300 tons dead weight of coal and cargo."