Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postflight

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: post-flight
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

After a flight.

noun

The portion of the movement after pushing off the vault but before landing on the mat.

Example Sentences

"The great game of golf offered an antidote to the inevitable dead space — blocks of difficult-to-use hours, pre- and postflight — that are one of business travel’s biggest drags."
"Between the preflight and postflight is the block, a rapid motion in which the gymnast’s hands hit the vault and she pushes herself off, converting the horizontal momentum from her sprint down the runway into vertical momentum."

Etymology

From post- + flight.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post-

Inflected Forms

postflights (plural)

Questions

What does postflight mean?: After a flight.
Where does postflight come from?: From post- + flight.

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