Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carpenter ant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: car-pen-ter ant
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several large ants, of the genus Camponotus, found in North America and northern China, that build nests in dead wood.

Etymology

From carpenter + ant.

Inflected Forms

carpenter ants (plural)

Questions

What does carpenter ant mean?: Any of several large ants, of the genus Camponotus, found in North America and northern China, that build nests in dead wood.
Where does carpenter ant come from?: From carpenter + ant.

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