Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sand-spit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: sand-spit
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of sandspit.

Example Sentences

"May 29.—This morning we reached a sand-spit formed by a confluent stream, upon which the receding waters had left a wood-drift well suited for the streamer's use, having been forced by the jam of flood-tide high out of the current."

Inflected Forms

sand-spits (plural)

Questions

What does sand-spit mean?: Alternative form of sandspit.

How to pronounce sand-spit

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