Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

typeball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: type-ball
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ball in a typewriter or early printer that bears the physical characters on its surface and is moved mechanically in order to print them onto the page.

Etymology

From type + ball.

Inflected Forms

typeballs (plural)

Synonyms

golf ball

Questions

What does typeball mean?: A ball in a typewriter or early printer that bears the physical characters on its surface and is moved mechanically in order to print them onto the page.
Where does typeball come from?: From type + ball.

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