Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drag rope

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: drag rope
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long, heavy rope carried in the basket of a hot-air balloon and permitted to hang over the side and drag on the ground in order to lighten the basket.

Inflected Forms

drag ropes (plural) drag-rope (alternative) dragrope (alternative)

Questions

What does drag rope mean?: A long, heavy rope carried in the basket of a hot-air balloon and permitted to hang over the side and drag on the ground in order to lighten the basket.

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