Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cardboard city

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: card-board- c-i-ty
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area of a town where the homeless gather at night to shelter under makeshift constructions of discarded boxes and packing material.

Inflected Forms

cardboard cities (plural)

Questions

What does cardboard city mean?: An area of a town where the homeless gather at night to shelter under makeshift constructions of discarded boxes and packing material.

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