Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-bat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
half--bat
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bat (brick with one whole end) that is exactly half the length of the original brick.

noun

A half of a battalion.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From half- + bat.

Inflected Forms

half-bats (plural) halfbat (alternative)

Questions

What does half-bat mean?
A bat (brick with one whole end) that is exactly half the length of the original brick.
Where does half-bat come from?
From half- + bat.

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