Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jail bars

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: jail bars
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A display fault in which the picture is disrupted by evenly-spaced vertical bands.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jail, bar.

Questions

What does jail bars mean?: A display fault in which the picture is disrupted by evenly-spaced vertical bands.

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