Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bladderwrack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blad-der-wrack
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Someone stood on a string of bladderwrack and made it pop, and some distance away the tide was turning."

Etymology

From bladder + wrack.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

bladderwracks (plural) bladder wrack (alternative)

Synonyms

black tang rockweed bladder fucus sea oak black tany cut weed dyers fucus red fucus rock wrack

Questions

What does bladderwrack mean?: Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
Where does bladderwrack come from?: From bladder + wrack.

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