Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portholed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: port-holed
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fitted with portholes.

adj

Exhibiting the defect called portholing.

Example Sentences

"Mr. MacPherson and Mr. Goode also built the Bowery Hotel and renovated the portholed Maritime Hotel, at 16th and Ninth Avenue, built in the 1960s for sailors."

Etymology

From porthole + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: porthole

Questions

What does portholed mean?: Fitted with portholes.
Where does portholed come from?: From porthole + -ed.

How to pronounce portholed

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