egg-crating
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The soffit over the windows and arcade is of uninterrupted egg-crating."
- "Spotlights in egg-crating over counters give dramatic emphasis to cabinets at night."
- "For the egg-crating, 2x4's proved adequate, as likely they would have for the wall railing; but greater leaway [sic] was provided and proved fortunate since there was a slight pitch from the house roof to the wall."
- "These little plants that I top-water sit on egg-crating which is atop a capillary mat."
- "Matting offers the same type of benefit, as does egg-crating."
- "While the hull of the Viking 57 is still curing in the mold, about two weeks into the boat building schedule, workmen install the engine compartment bulkheads and the "egg-crating" members, the interlocked wooden framework running fore-and-aft and athwartships."