Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tombmate

/ˈtuːm.meɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tomb-mate
IPA: /ˈtuːm.meɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who shares the same tomb.

Example Sentences

"And since we know that names in Ancient Egypt are never taken lightly and that several unidentified bodies are found alongside their named tombmates in these caches, it is safe to assume that […]"

Etymology

From tomb + -mate.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tomb

Inflected Forms

tombmates (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce tombmate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtuːm.meɪt/.
What does tombmate mean?: One who shares the same tomb.
Where does tombmate come from?: From tomb + -mate.

How to pronounce tombmate

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