sierra
/siˈɛɹə/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Holonym: cordillera"
- "Meronym: sawback"
- "Mancha selecto is the world's best saffron: deep-red stamens, as long as the first joint of your thumb, packed and date-stamped. Lesser types, like sierra saffron, have shorter stamens and a quantity of white and yellow flower parts."
- "I am going to the Sierra next weekend."
- "Most flocks in the Sierra and the Rocky Mountains live above the timber-line and at an altitude of twelve thousand feet."
- "Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage