Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disaster area

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: dis-as-ter area
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area that has been the site of a natural disaster that receives an official designation entitling residents and organizations within that area to receive relief and benefits.

noun

An area that looks like one that has suffered a natural disaster.

Example Sentences

"Much of the central Gulf Coast was declared a disaster area after hurricane Katrina."
"Your room is a disaster area."
"And while our discourse might be a disaster area, the imaginative vistas of the Internet are far more vast than the modest plot of our feeds."

Inflected Forms

disaster areas (plural)

Questions

What does disaster area mean?: An area that has been the site of a natural disaster that receives an official designation entitling residents and organizations within that area to receive relief and benefits.

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