Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vegetary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: veg-e-tary
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterized by life and growth.

adj

Consisting of or characterized by vegetables or vegetation.

Etymology

From vegetable + -ary.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vegetable

Questions

What does vegetary mean?: Characterized by life and growth.
Where does vegetary come from?: From vegetable + -ary.

How to pronounce vegetary

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