Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

personnel basket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: per-son-nel bas-ket
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large basket hoisted by crane to transfer people between offshore installations, drilling rigs, vessels, etc.

Example Sentences

"So we all got in the personnel basket, which is a big metal basket for transferring people from the rig to a vessel such as a boat."

Inflected Forms

personnel baskets (plural)

Synonyms

man basket personnel transfer basket

Questions

What does personnel basket mean?: A large basket hoisted by crane to transfer people between offshore installations, drilling rigs, vessels, etc.

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