Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

watchboat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: watch-boat
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A patrolling boat.

Example Sentences

""Is your destination Portofino on this evening, good sir?" questioned a local official in the watchboat, as the two ships pulled alongside each other."

Etymology

From watch + boat.

Inflected Forms

watchboats (plural)

Questions

What does watchboat mean?: A patrolling boat.
Where does watchboat come from?: From watch + boat.

How to pronounce watchboat

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