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bilgewater

/ˈbɪld͡ʒwɔtɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
bil-ge-wa-ter
IPA
/ˈbɪld͡ʒwɔtɚ/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.

Uncountable

noun

Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.

Slang; Uncountable

Etymology

From bilge + water.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bilgewaters (plural)

Synonyms

tosh gibberish gobbledegook baloney boloney bosh drool humbug taradiddle tarradiddle tommyrot twaddle

Questions

How do you pronounce bilgewater?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪld͡ʒwɔtɚ/.
What does bilgewater mean?
Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.
Where does bilgewater come from?
From bilge + water.

How to pronounce bilgewater

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