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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boil the ocean

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
boil the o-cean
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undertake an overwhelmingly difficult task or approach to a problem.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

boils the ocean (present, singular) boiling the ocean (participle, present) boiled the ocean (participle, past) boiled the ocean (past)

Questions

What does boil the ocean mean?
To undertake an overwhelmingly difficult task or approach to a problem.

How to pronounce boil the ocean

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