Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ice dwarf

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: ice d-warf
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An icy planetoid: an astronomical object, such as Pluto, Sedna or (for some authors) Ceres that is large enough to be a world and contains more ice than a typical asteroid.

noun

A centaur or transneptunian object.

noun

An astronomical object that is larger than the core of a typical comet and icier than a typical asteroid.

Example Sentences

"Farthest from the dim red dwarf Ondeste, the ice dwarf Maisuth has attracted no interest beyond a cursory flyby by automated probe in 1874. No significant resources were noted."

Inflected Forms

ice dwarfs (plural)

Synonyms

dwarf planet

Questions

What does ice dwarf mean?: An icy planetoid: an astronomical object, such as Pluto, Sedna or (for some authors) Ceres that is large enough to be a world and contains more ice than a typical asteroid.

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