Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

false fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

Syllables: false -fire
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signalling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy.

noun

A light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction.

Inflected Forms

false fires (plural)

Questions

What does false fire mean?: A combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signalling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy.

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