Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flying helmet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: fly-ing hel-met
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A leather head covering with earflaps used by early aviators.

Example Sentences

"This is another area in which it's hard to tell the dude from the twitcher, as ratting caps and deerstalkers, flying helmets and even toppers are considered acceptably eccentric."

Inflected Forms

flying helmets (plural)

Questions

What does flying helmet mean?: A leather head covering with earflaps used by early aviators.

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