Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roadkilled

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: road-killed
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Killed by a road vehicle (used of animals).

Example Sentences

"In most parts of the United States, only about one out of five roadkilled deer will be an antlered buck . . . and by the next day, it will still be a dead buck, but it won't still be antlered if someone else has beaten you to it."

Etymology

From road + killed.

Questions

What does roadkilled mean?: Killed by a road vehicle (used of animals).
Where does roadkilled come from?: From road + killed.

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