Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

awrack

/əˈɹæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: awrack
IPA: /əˈɹæk/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Wrecked; in ruins.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"By the time the storm had blown over the ship was lying awrack on the craggy rocks, all of her crew dead."
"So Dan, by dint of noise, obtains a peace, And with his natural untender knack, By new distress, bids former grievance cease, Like tears dried up with rugged huckaback, That sets the mournful visage all awrack ;"
"But hard blew the winds, and his ship was awrack; His ship it was awrack!"
"Now falls thy kingdom, Morgan, all awrack, For Uther dies, and England waits a king."
"Sometimes it almost seems that the writer takes a perverse delight in finding the times out of joint, finding everything awrack and awry."
"His mighty weapon trailing at his back, His gilded five-hued streamers all awrack."

Etymology

From a- + wrack.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /əˈɹæk/

Usage

Archaic

Homonyms

arak arrack

Rhymes With

back black attack track lack jack pack cook back mac iraq crack hack

Questions

How do you pronounce awrack?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈɹæk/.
What does awrack mean?: Wrecked; in ruins.
Where does awrack come from?: From a- + wrack.

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