Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bottle rocket

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: bot-tle rock-et
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small skyrocket that can be launched from an empty bottle.

Example Sentences

"Giggling children hid in the ditches and shot bottle rockets in front and behind them as they walked past; the sparks shot through the air like manic, fizzing fireflies."

Inflected Forms

bottle rockets (plural)

Questions

What does bottle rocket mean?: A small skyrocket that can be launched from an empty bottle.

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