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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underbrake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-brake
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To brake (a vehicle) insufficiently.

Etymology

From under- + brake.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

underbrakes (present, singular) underbraking (participle, present) underbraked (participle, past) underbraked (past)

Questions

What does underbrake mean?
To brake (a vehicle) insufficiently.
Where does underbrake come from?
From under- + brake.

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