Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cratered

/kɹˈeɪtɚd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: cratered
IPA: /kɹˈeɪtɚd/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of crater

adj

Marked by craters.

Example Sentences

"The planet had a cratered surface."
"The Mariner photos showed large areas of the red planet to have a much-cratered surface strikingly like that of the moon. Now the computers have clarified some previously undecipherable closeups taken by Mariner 6."

Etymology

From crater + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more cratered (comparative) most cratered (superlative)

Rhymes With

catered

Questions

How do you pronounce cratered?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹˈeɪtɚd/.
What does cratered mean?: simple past and past participle of crater
Where does cratered come from?: From crater + -ed.

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