Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dories

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: dories
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"John Wesley Powell ... the one-armed Civil War veteran led nine men in four wooden dories down the untamed and uncharted Colorado River and into the equally untamed and uncharted Grand Canyon."

Questions

What does dories mean?: plural of dory

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