Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

panspot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pans-pot
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area where hard clay or similar material lies close to the surface in a shallow depression, limiting the ability of the ground to absorb water.

Example Sentences

"The landscape of a panspot range site is undulating and made up of not less than two unlike soils. Soils occupying the panspot have a dispersed surface, and rate of water intake is very low."
"Two-acre watersheds are constructed on three representative research sites, each characteristic of one main soil-vegetation complex found in saline upland and panspot ranges."

Etymology

From pan + spot.

Inflected Forms

panspots (plural)

Questions

What does panspot mean?: An area where hard clay or similar material lies close to the surface in a shallow depression, limiting the ability of the ground to absorb water.
Where does panspot come from?: From pan + spot.

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