Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barracouta loaf

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: bar-ra-couta loaf
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long, narrow loaf, often indented in the middle so that it can be broken in two.

New Zealand usage

Example Sentences

"Alice was making water-cress sandwiches. She had a lump of butter on the table, a barracouta loaf, and the cresses tumbled in a white cloth."
"As Clarry remembered we were a big family—a twenty-five double barracouta loaves and fifteen pints a week family."

Etymology

After the regional name for a thin, metre-long fish, from the shape of the loaf and its rough crust, thought to resemble the back of the fish.

Usage

New Zealand usage

Inflected Forms

barracouta loaves (plural)

Questions

What does barracouta loaf mean?: A long, narrow loaf, often indented in the middle so that it can be broken in two.
Where does barracouta loaf come from?: After the regional name for a thin, metre-long fish, from the shape of the loaf and its rough crust, thought to resemble the back of the fish.

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