Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drop in the pond

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
drop in the pond
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

a drop in the pond (canonical) drops in the pond (plural)

Synonyms

drop in the bucket drop in the ocean drop in the sea bagatelle bag of shells bric-a-brac dicky dicky-bird fico fig flamfew flyspeck

Questions

What does drop in the pond mean?
A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.

How to pronounce drop in the pond

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