Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marsbound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mars-bound
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Heading towards the planet Mars.

Example Sentences

"Average Size had probably been boasting, telling everyone how lucky he was to be on the passenger list of the next Marsbound rocket."
"I was hoping to see the Earth, but I figured it must be on the other side of the ship or behind us. I pressed my nose against the port and saw the tiny flicker of a spaceliner taking off, Marsbound, I wished I was on that one!"
"Also during the cruise, the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) measured radiation levels inside a Marsbound space-craft for the first time."

Etymology

From Mars + -bound.

Inflected Forms

Mars-bound (alternative) Mars bound (alternative)

Questions

What does marsbound mean?: Heading towards the planet Mars.
Where does marsbound come from?: From Mars + -bound.

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