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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

to the gunnels

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
to the -gun-nels
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Full to the brim.

prep_phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, the, gunnels: all the way up to the gunwales.

Example Sentences

Frequently Paired Words

freeboard to the gunwales

Synonyms

brimful all the way from soup to nuts in excelsis to the backbone to the bone to the brim to the core to the fullest to the full to the gills to the gunnels

Questions

What does to the gunnels mean?
Full to the brim.

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