barranca
/bəˈɹæŋkə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A steep-sided gulch or arroyo; a canyon or ravine.
Example Sentences
- "“Well: hardly,” said the Consul, softly as before, casting a suspicious eye for his part in the other direction at some maguey growing beyond the barranca, like a battalion moving up a slope under machine-gun fire."
- "Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / 'Neath waves of golden sunshine"
- "[…]his hero, the Consul, is shot and thrown down the barranca followed by a dead dog."