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weedkiller

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
weed-killer
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From weed + killer.

Usage

Inflected Forms

weedkillers (plural) weed killer (alternative) weed-killer (alternative)

Synonyms

weedicide herbicide weed killer

Questions

What does weedkiller mean?
A chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc).
Where does weedkiller come from?
From weed + killer.

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