Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

driftage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: drift-age
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Anything that drifts, such as sand.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From drift + -age.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: drift

Usage

Inflected Forms

driftages (plural)

Questions

What does driftage mean?: Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
Where does driftage come from?: From drift + -age.

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