boat race
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "The Oxford and Cambridge boat race is held on the Thames every year."
- "The District went to Putney to take advantage of Boat Race traffic, and it would capitalise on the shows and exhibitions held at Earl's Court and Olympia."
- ""Now," Herbie says, dropping his voice away down low, in case old Cap Duhaine may be around somewhere listening, "it is the third race, and the horse is a horse by the name of Never Despair. It is a boat race," Herbie says. "They are going to shoo in Never Despair. Everything else in the race is a cooler," he says."
Usage
Inflected Forms
boat races (plural)
boat races (present, singular)
boat racing (participle, present)
boat raced (participle, past)
boat raced (past)