Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sub-marine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: sub---ma-rine
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Rare form of submarine.

Example Sentences

"In the Sea, vpon the South-Weſt of Sicilie, much Corall is found. It is a Sub-Marine Plant. It hath no Leaues: It brancheth only when it is vnder Water; […]"
"[A]ll adversaries venturing into position for projecting sub-marine gun torpedoes, would I think be speedily diverted from their purpose, by reckless onslaughts of ram squadrons at all points."
"[O]ur breakwater of Boreas, the ice-pack, kept the sea remarkably quiet for such a storm, our greatest danger being from the “ice-tongues” or long, projecting, sub-marine ice-rams with which each loose cake of ice seemed armed, while we were beating to and fro between Button Islands and Resolution in the night."
"He switched the royal mummy for his winnings. The doubloons from Monte Carlo await us, sarcophagussed in all their sub-marine splendour!"

Questions

What does sub-marine mean?: Rare form of submarine.

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