Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hull loss

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: hul-l loss
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An accident that damages an aircraft beyond economic repair.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The Marshall University plane crash was an all-fatal, horrific hull loss."

Etymology

Borrowed from nautical terminology.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hull losses (plural)

Questions

What does hull loss mean?: An accident that damages an aircraft beyond economic repair.
Where does hull loss come from?: Borrowed from nautical terminology.

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