Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brickbats

/ˈbɹɪkˌbæts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: brick-bats
IPA: /ˈbɹɪkˌbæts/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.

Informal

noun

plural of brickbat

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of brickbat

Etymology

From brickbat + -s. The plural only sense (“small rocky particles moving as a group in space”) was coined by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) and is used chiefly in reference to his writings.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: brickbat

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɹɪkˌbæts/
British English: /ˈbɹɪkbæts/

Usage

Informal

Questions

How do you pronounce brickbats?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɪkˌbæts/.
What does brickbats mean?: Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.
Where does brickbats come from?: From brickbat + -s. The plural only sense (“small rocky particles moving as a group in space”) was coined by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) and is used chiefly in reference to his writings.

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