Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

internal combustion engined

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-nal -com-bus-tion engined
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an internal combustion engine.

Example Sentences

"The development of the motor omnibus has so greatly influenced that of the heavier types of internal combustion engined vehicles that, properly to appreciate the tendencies of the last year, one must go back to August, 1909, when the Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police issued a new regulation limiting the weight of motor omnibuses to be licensed from that time onwards to 3 tons inclusive of body."
"Internal combustion engined vessels of small tonnage which are employed as oil carriers and for harbor and bay towing, etc., are increasing on our inland waters at an alarming rate and in most instances these vessels are piloted by inexperienced men."
"Ford and Mazda have also developed internal combustion engined vehicles with hydrogen power."

Etymology

From internal combustion engine + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: internal combustion engine

Inflected Forms

internal combustion-engined (alternative) internal-combustion-engined (alternative)

Questions

What does internal combustion engined mean?: Having an internal combustion engine.
Where does internal combustion engined come from?: From internal combustion engine + -ed.

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