Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boatmate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: boat-mate
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone with whom one shares a boat, or with whom one works on a boat.

Example Sentences

""It was of no use for him to prate about injustice." He smiled around and then closed up his mouth for the rest of the voyage, leaving his boat-mates with much to think about."

Etymology

From boat + -mate.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: boat

Inflected Forms

boatmates (plural) boat mate (alternative)

Questions

What does boatmate mean?: Someone with whom one shares a boat, or with whom one works on a boat.
Where does boatmate come from?: From boat + -mate.

How to pronounce boatmate

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