Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skybound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: sky-bound
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

confined to the sky

adj

headed towards the sky

Example Sentences

"Venusian colonists may be skybound because the surface is too hot."

Etymology

From sky + bound or sky + -bound.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sky
Suffix: -bound

Inflected Forms

more skybound (comparative) most skybound (superlative)

Questions

What does skybound mean?: confined to the sky
Where does skybound come from?: From sky + bound or sky + -bound.

How to pronounce skybound

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