Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tunnelful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tun-nel-ful
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enough to fill a tunnel.

Example Sentences

"[T]he Bolg had developed the material from tunnelfuls of spiderwebs that had been discovered in the deepest parts of Ylorc […]"

Etymology

From tunnel + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tunnel

Inflected Forms

tunnelfuls (plural)

Questions

What does tunnelful mean?: Enough to fill a tunnel.
Where does tunnelful come from?: From tunnel + -ful.

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