Speakur

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meltwater

/mˈɛltwˌɑtɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
melt-wa-ter
IPA
/mˈɛltwˌɑtɚ/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Water from melting ice or snow.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From melt + water.

Usage

Inflected Forms

meltwaters (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce meltwater?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɛltwˌɑtɚ/.
What does meltwater mean?
Water from melting ice or snow.
Where does meltwater come from?
From melt + water.

How to pronounce meltwater

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/mˈɛltwˌɑtɚ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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