Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bell-bottomed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables
bel-l-bot-tomed
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a style of pants in which the end of each pantleg flares out dramatically from the knee downward, like the mouth of a bell.

Inflected Forms

more bell-bottomed (comparative) most bell-bottomed (superlative)

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What does bell-bottomed mean?
Of or pertaining to a style of pants in which the end of each pantleg flares out dramatically from the knee downward, like the mouth of a bell.

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