Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floorward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: floor-ward
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Toward the floor.

adv

Toward the floor.

Example Sentences

"As she was on her approach to the hoop, taking that first Jordanesque liftoff step, her mouth guard fell floorward. Undeterred, she kept going up with the ball in her right hand."

Etymology

From floor + -ward.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: floor

Questions

What does floorward mean?: Toward the floor.
Where does floorward come from?: From floor + -ward.

How to pronounce floorward

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