Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carpet bombing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables: car-pet bomb-ing
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of carpet bomb

noun

Large area bombardment done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

carpet bombings (plural)

Synonyms

area bombing saturation bombing

Questions

What does carpet bombing mean?: present participle and gerund of carpet bomb

How to pronounce carpet bombing

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “carpet bombing”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “carpet bombing”.
Repeat and practice — Say “carpet bombing” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.