Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pumped hydro

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: pumped hy-dro
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of pumped-storage hydroelectricity (hydroelectricity from pumped storage).

Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of pumped hydroelectric energy storage (the method of energy storage).

Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of pumped-storage hydroelectric energy system.

Countable

Usage

Inflected Forms

pumped hydros (plural)

Synonyms

PSH PHES

Questions

What does pumped hydro mean?: Abbreviation of pumped-storage hydroelectricity (hydroelectricity from pumped storage).

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