Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ballcourt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ball-court
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a general place (e.g. a paved yard) used to play ball games

noun

A large masonry structure of a type used in Mesoamerica to play the Mesoamerican ballgame.

Etymology

From ball + court.

Inflected Forms

ballcourts (plural) ball court (alternative)

Questions

What does ballcourt mean?: a general place (e.g. a paved yard) used to play ball games
Where does ballcourt come from?: From ball + court.

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