Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lagoonlet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: la-goon-let
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small lagoon.

Example Sentences

"Wangava is said to have a tidal lake in the centre, while in Namuka and the two Ongea, the water has broken through the reefs of the former atolls, and opened lagoonlets to the sea;"
"In some atolls, each constituent island of the ring is itself an atollon and encloses its own lagoonlet ; […]"
"One in long Island is only a few yards across, the banks are of coral conglomerate and loose blocks, and the floor of the lake or lagoonlet of coral with a deposit of mud."
"Behind the ridge is a lagoonlet about 4' deeper."

Etymology

From lagoon + -let.

Inflected Forms

lagoonlets (plural)

Questions

What does lagoonlet mean?: A small lagoon.
Where does lagoonlet come from?: From lagoon + -let.

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