Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compact fluorescent lamp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables
com-pact flu-o-res-cen-t lamp
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of fluorescent lamp (that may or may not contain mercury).

Inflected Forms

compact fluorescent lamps (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

CFL

Questions

What does compact fluorescent lamp mean?
A type of fluorescent lamp (that may or may not contain mercury).

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