corrugated iron
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An iron sheet building material, usually galvanised, which has been pressed into corrugations.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A special reserved enclosure with sandbags and a corrugated iron roof was set aside for three members of the Royal Family."
- "On reaching the slip, the barrow was wheeled off the truck onto a scaffolding gantry built out over the wall, and the concrete tipped down a corrugated iron chute on to a steel plate."