Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fire watching

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables
fire watch-ing
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky

Questions

What does fire watching mean?
(during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky

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