Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

continental shelf

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: con-ti-nen-tal shelf
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.

Inflected Forms

continental shelves (plural)

Questions

What does continental shelf mean?: The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.

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