Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bicycle helmet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: bi-cy-cle hel-met
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.

Example Sentences

"Make locking up your bike as routine as strapping on a bicycle helmet."
"Mandatory bicycle helmet laws introduced in New Zealand in 1994 also resulted in large increases in helmet use, and reductions in the number of head injuries[…]"

Inflected Forms

bicycle helmets (plural)

Synonyms

bike helmet

Questions

What does bicycle helmet mean?: A helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.

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