Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

desert dolly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: de-sert -dol-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wheeled platform for moving heavy lamps over difficult terrain.

Example Sentences

"We packed it in on desert dollies for about a mile and used it down next to a lake where it was absolutely forbidden to have any motorized equipment. We couldn't have gotten the shot that we got with any other piece of equipment."

Inflected Forms

desert dollies (plural)

Questions

What does desert dolly mean?: A wheeled platform for moving heavy lamps over difficult terrain.

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