Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

armywear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: army-wear
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clothing to be worn by the army.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"DETECTIVES are probing a raid on a shop in High Street, Cleethorpes, which sells surplus armywear."
"We buy/sell second-hand furniture/baby equipment, bric-a-brac, curios, models, armywear and bits and pieces."
"To coordinate with your faux-armywear, Keds offers functional camouflage."
"Invented by Basque peasants, this brimless wool felt cap has been adopted by many a chic figure, becoming ridiculously rich with references: armywear; stereotypical old Frenchmen; 1920s film directors; 1950s schoolgirls; beatniks, renegades."
"They’d gone from baggy armywear for their first album to sassy for the second, then mumsy chic for the recent one: lots of long coats."

Etymology

From army + -wear.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: army

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does armywear mean?: Clothing to be worn by the army.
Where does armywear come from?: From army + -wear.

How to pronounce armywear

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