Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sloop-of-war

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
sloop-of-war
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A warship with a single gundeck that carried up to eighteen guns.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

sloops-of-war (plural)

Questions

What does sloop-of-war mean?
A warship with a single gundeck that carried up to eighteen guns.

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