Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shuttlebay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shut-tle-bay
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.

Example Sentences

"SET THE SHUTTLECRAFT'S LOCATION TO THE SHUTTLEBAY;"
"[…] human shapes could be seen using floaters to shift containers from building to shuttlebay and vice versa."
"The shuttlebay workers were gathered in front of the intranet screen, waiting for news."

Etymology

From shuttle + bay, the word originally appeared in Star Trek, but has since appeared in a variety of other science-fiction and fantasy contexts.

Inflected Forms

shuttlebays (plural)

Questions

What does shuttlebay mean?: A part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.
Where does shuttlebay come from?: From shuttle + bay, the word originally appeared in Star Trek, but has since appeared in a variety of other science-fiction and fantasy contexts.

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