Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postpetroleum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-petroleum
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

After a decline in reliance on petroleum.

Example Sentences

"The latest effort comes not in some green hub like Portland, Ore., but in the Persian Gulf, fueled as much by oil wealth — and the need to find postpetroleum business models — as environmental zeal."

Etymology

From post- + petroleum.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Questions

What does postpetroleum mean?: After a decline in reliance on petroleum.
Where does postpetroleum come from?: From post- + petroleum.

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