Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headcut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: head-cut
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.

Example Sentences

"Above the lower headcut, phreatophytic mesquite and little leaf sumac hug the banks, drawing pendulate water from the silts remaining from former marsh deposits and sending long taproots into channel stores."

Etymology

From head + cut.

Inflected Forms

headcuts (plural)

Questions

What does headcut mean?: An erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.
Where does headcut come from?: From head + cut.

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