Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plate-carrier

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables: plate--car-ri-er
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of bulletproof vest.

noun

A thin black frame used to hold a photographic plate in early cameras.

Example Sentences

"The cases of ammunition and of food were scattered about in a wild litter, together with our unfortunate cameras and plate-carriers, but none of them were missing."

Inflected Forms

plate-carriers (plural)

Questions

What does plate-carrier mean?: A kind of bulletproof vest.

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