Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basketball hoop

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: bas-ket-bal-l hoop
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hoop, holding a string net, through which the basketball must be placed to score

Inflected Forms

basketball hoops (plural)

Synonyms

basket hoop

Questions

What does basketball hoop mean?: The hoop, holding a string net, through which the basketball must be placed to score

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