Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crossbarred

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cross-barred
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars.

adj

Made or patterned in lines crossing each other.

Example Sentences

"doors, crossbarred and fast bolted"
"Deputy Jim Cook had removed Jerry Macon from the main corridor to the bull pen, a huge cage with steel floors, welded with crossbarred gratings through which even a boy could not squeeze."
"crossbarred muslin"
"Or for midsummer the always attractive dotted and crossbarred swiss, muslin and organdie make the most bewitching affairs"

Etymology

From crossbar + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: crossbar

Questions

What does crossbarred mean?: Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars.
Where does crossbarred come from?: From crossbar + -ed.

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